Marcos

Last seen for girls in 2004 at #14,179 · #516 for boys in 2025, 579 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1996 · 1,350 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
53,580
since 1888

Marcos over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Marcos has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #224, 1996boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#516579
2024#479643
2023#475640
2022#491619
2021#490602
2020#480621
2019#454658
2018#432706
2017#425732
2016#431722
2015#408762
2014#405769
2013#362870
2012#344893
2011#340891
2010#3121,027
2009#2801,212
2008#2611,349
2007#2541,388
2006#2481,386
2005#2461,360
2004#14,1796#2441,369
2003#2411,379
2002#2471,328
2001#2401,415
2000#15,0315#2391,407
1999#14,4115#2421,316
1998#2361,341
1997#13,7245#2341,320
1996#9,5818#2241,350
1995#9,5538#2491,144
1994#6,67213#2531,139
1993#11,7806#2571,113
1992#11,7386#2631,077
1991#11,5096#2641,028
1990#9,2478#273963
1989#9,6817#300805
1988#8,3918#310727
1987#6,78810#306705
1986#10,9125#284738
1985#8,3187#284725
1984#8,1537#300665
1983#9,0156#295672
1982#7,4698#316623
1981#8,1287#304632
1980#308630
1979#6,18910#339531
1978#332528
1977#339527
1976#359451
1975#334521
1974#357463
1973#8,4235#362454
1972#390406
1971#426362
1970#427367
1969#446308
1968#467265
1967#478248
1966#544199
1965#490245
1964#527220
1963#578187
1962#575186
1961#593177
1960#609165
1959#623153
1958#678126
1957#714109
1956#720103
1955#708107
1954#72599
1953#73894
1952#72195
1951#77582
1950#70694
1949#74984
1948#78975
1947#97553
1946#79370
1945#86452
1944#1,01841
1943#99845
1942#97047
1941#1,01940
1940#91948
1939#1,01539
1938#97742
1937#1,28827
1936#98940
1935#1,09835
1934#1,05938
1933#1,01340
1932#1,03541
1931#86954
1930#1,05343
1929#97548
1928#92753
1927#93754
1926#4,3066#1,24234
1925#1,01246
1924#1,07144
1923#93054
1922#1,33330
1921#93956
1920#98748
1919#1,15936
1918#1,28630
1917#1,06239
1916#1,54921
1915#1,37224
1914#1,10127
1913#1,49713
1912#1,41712
1911#1,3877
1910
1909
1908#1,1137
1907#1,2006
1906#1,0047
1905#1,0027
1904#1,0646
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1888#1,0315
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First appearance
1888

The first year at least five boys were named Marcos! It came in at #1,031, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1903, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Marcos
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 37 spots since 2024 (#479#516)
  • 36 spots since 2020 (#480#516)
  • 108 spots since 2015 (#408#516)
  • Biggest jump: 403 spots in 1923 (#1,333#930)
  • Biggest drop: 394 spots in 1922 (#939#1,333)
Rise & fade · boys
108 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1996 at #224 (1,350 births)
  • Births halved by 2019, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 93 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1945–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,373
  • Highest: 1 in 1,373 boys born in 2001 were named Marcos (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,950 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #224 in 1996, was only 1 in 1,403 (0.07%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 25.4% of all boys named Marcos (13,593) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,031 (1888)#1,031
1890s0
1900s33#1,002 (1905)#1,077
1910s209#1,062 (1917)#1,314
1920s467#927 (1928)#1,035
1930s399#869 (1931)#1,040
1940s555#749 (1949)#909
1950s1,062#623 (1959)#711
1960s2,200#446 (1969)#531
1970s4,610#332 (1978)#367
1980s6,922#284 (1986)#301
1990s11,791#224 (1996)#250
2000s13,593#239 (2000)#250
2010s8,030#312 (2010)#391
2020s3,704#475 (2023)#489

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Marcos in 1988

girls
#8,391
8 births · 1 in 222,607 girls
boys
#310
727 births · 1 in 2,633 boys

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #8,391Marcos8

Top boys' names in 1988

  1. #1Michael64,171
  2. #2Christopher53,014
  3. #3Matthew45,876
  4. #4Joshua42,653
  5. #5Andrew35,745
  6. #6David35,329
  7. #7Justin35,055
  8. #8Daniel34,718
  9. #9James32,523
  10. #10Robert30,319
  11. #310Marcos727
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 222,607 of them was named Marcos, which outranked 39.6% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marcos
  1. #7,691Zasha9
  2. #7,691Zohra9
  3. #7,691Zondra9
  4. #8,391Marcos8
  5. #8,391Aarin8
  6. #8,391Aarti8
  7. #8,391Abriel8
  8. #9,244Abbagail7
  9. #9,244Abbigale7
  10. #9,244Abimbola7

Tied with 852 names at #8,391; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. 2,890Jalissa#3,857#967
  2. 2,381Taja#3,101#720
  3. 1,710Whitley#2,156#446
  4. 1,225Jalisa#1,662#437
  5. 883Jaleesa#1,227#344
Fallers
  1. 620Channing#590#1,210
  2. 346Denisse#954#1,300
  3. 319Jeana#966#1,285
  4. 314Eliana#826#1,140
  5. 311Nakia#893#1,204

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 2,633 of them was named Marcos, which outranked 96.4% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marcos
  1. #307Kelly740
  2. #307Malcolm740
  3. #309Barry733
  4. #310Marcos727
  5. #311Landon724
  6. #312Alfred721
  7. #313Gilbert710
Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. 3,252Nico#4,239#987
  2. 1,245Ridge#2,215#970
  3. 668Colten#1,484#816
  4. 600Brantley#1,587#987
  5. 518Long#1,337#819
Fallers
  1. 362Cordaro#908#1,270
  2. 246Ramsey#884#1,130
  3. 241Yaakov#974#1,215
  4. 233Adrain#990#1,223
  5. 230Kiel#846#1,076

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1988