Marcus
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · #258 for boys in 2025, 1,341 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1984 · 5,996 births
- Debut · boys
- 47 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 31 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 241,657since 1880
Marcus over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #258 | 1,341 | |
| 2024 | — | #256 | 1,382 | |
| 2023 | — | #250 | 1,400 | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #235 | 1,479 |
| 2021 | — | #228 | 1,616 | |
| 2020 | — | #226 | 1,661 | |
| 2019 | — | #218 | 1,722 | |
| 2018 | — | #209 | 1,901 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #194 | 2,037 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #183 | 2,183 |
| 2015 | — | #168 | 2,481 | |
| 2014 | — | #157 | 2,620 | |
| 2013 | — | #159 | 2,536 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #149 | 2,718 |
| 2011 | — | #145 | 2,814 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #130 | 3,131 |
| 2009 | — | #123 | 3,409 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #125 | 3,392 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #117 | 3,670 |
| 2006 | — | #112 | 3,813 | |
| 2005 | — | #116 | 3,477 | |
| 2004 | #5,555 | 22 | #116 | 3,480 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #119 | 3,395 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #106 | 3,544 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #104 | 3,696 |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 | #99 | 3,797 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 | #98 | 3,867 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #96 | 4,015 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #93 | 4,183 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | #87 | 4,546 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | #81 | 4,647 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | #75 | 5,258 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | #74 | 5,063 |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | #82 | 4,545 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | #76 | 5,069 |
| 1990 | #3,436 | 31 | #72 | 5,304 |
| 1989 | #2,931 | 37 | #67 | 5,395 |
| 1988 | #2,597 | 41 | #66 | 5,207 |
| 1987 | #1,991 | 56 | #67 | 4,950 |
| 1986 | #1,751 | 66 | #63 | 5,278 |
| 1985 | #1,740 | 65 | #61 | 5,586 |
| 1984 | #1,703 | 64 | #57 | 5,996 |
| 1983 | #1,644 | 67 | #58 | 5,637 |
| 1982 | #2,581 | 36 | #63 | 4,988 |
| 1981 | #2,409 | 40 | #67 | 4,510 |
| 1980 | #2,218 | 45 | #71 | 4,260 |
| 1979 | #2,147 | 46 | #76 | 4,048 |
| 1978 | #2,159 | 43 | #70 | 3,995 |
| 1977 | #2,307 | 39 | #72 | 3,846 |
| 1976 | #2,439 | 33 | #74 | 3,681 |
| 1975 | #2,023 | 43 | #68 | 3,969 |
| 1974 | #2,133 | 38 | #73 | 3,801 |
| 1973 | #2,455 | 30 | #72 | 3,714 |
| 1972 | #2,311 | 32 | #71 | 3,685 |
| 1971 | #2,001 | 42 | #65 | 4,410 |
| 1970 | #2,450 | 30 | #71 | 4,315 |
| 1969 | #3,199 | 18 | #138 | 2,212 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 | #174 | 1,538 |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 | #176 | 1,472 |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | #194 | 1,266 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | #184 | 1,373 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | #207 | 1,351 |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 | #212 | 1,322 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #208 | 1,372 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | #214 | 1,313 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #210 | 1,326 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #226 | 1,210 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #251 | 982 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | #240 | 1,035 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #225 | 1,063 |
| 1955 | — | #228 | 974 | |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #235 | 897 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | #257 | 725 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #263 | 676 |
| 1951 | — | #284 | 576 | |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | #283 | 556 |
| 1949 | — | #315 | 464 | |
| 1948 | — | #333 | 406 | |
| 1947 | — | #344 | 392 | |
| 1946 | — | #331 | 382 | |
| 1945 | — | #355 | 280 | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #359 | 277 |
| 1943 | — | #365 | 282 | |
| 1942 | — | #371 | 268 | |
| 1941 | — | #358 | 265 | |
| 1940 | — | #362 | 250 | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #377 | 226 |
| 1938 | — | #375 | 224 | |
| 1937 | — | #358 | 226 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #380 | 207 |
| 1935 | — | #361 | 226 | |
| 1934 | — | #361 | 226 | |
| 1933 | — | #349 | 239 | |
| 1932 | — | #377 | 222 | |
| 1931 | — | #374 | 225 | |
| 1930 | — | #334 | 277 | |
| 1929 | — | #360 | 248 | |
| 1928 | — | #362 | 256 | |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #350 | 279 |
| 1926 | — | #325 | 310 | |
| 1925 | — | #325 | 312 | |
| 1924 | — | #315 | 333 | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #326 | 320 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | #343 | 297 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #305 | 353 |
| 1920 | — | #326 | 321 | |
| 1919 | — | #333 | 287 | |
| 1918 | — | #346 | 273 | |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #322 | 283 |
| 1916 | — | #312 | 278 | |
| 1915 | — | #282 | 307 | |
| 1914 | — | #331 | 192 | |
| 1913 | — | #302 | 172 | |
| 1912 | — | #328 | 132 | |
| 1911 | — | #340 | 64 | |
| 1910 | — | #311 | 63 | |
| 1909 | — | #330 | 49 | |
| 1908 | — | #307 | 51 | |
| 1907 | — | #313 | 46 | |
| 1906 | — | #253 | 61 | |
| 1905 | — | #270 | 53 | |
| 1904 | — | #300 | 42 | |
| 1903 | — | #282 | 44 | |
| 1902 | — | #285 | 44 | |
| 1901 | — | #259 | 44 | |
| 1900 | — | #301 | 48 | |
| 1899 | — | #246 | 46 | |
| 1898 | — | #268 | 44 | |
| 1897 | — | #297 | 38 | |
| 1896 | — | #296 | 39 | |
| 1895 | — | #301 | 36 | |
| 1894 | — | #256 | 46 | |
| 1893 | — | #241 | 51 | |
| 1892 | — | #270 | 44 | |
| 1891 | — | #318 | 28 | |
| 1890 | — | #299 | 33 | |
| 1889 | — | #271 | 38 | |
| 1888 | — | #256 | 47 | |
| 1887 | — | #340 | 23 | |
| 1886 | — | #272 | 39 | |
| 1885 | — | #248 | 44 | |
| 1884 | — | #218 | 57 | |
| 1883 | — | #263 | 38 | |
| 1882 | — | #248 | 46 | |
| 1881 | — | #224 | 45 | |
| 1880 | — | #241 | 47 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Marcus was already there! It came in at #241, and was given to 47 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 24 boys a year got the name.
See more about Marcus
- 2 spots since 2024 (#256 → #258)
- 32 spots since 2020 (#226 → #258)
- 90 spots since 2015 (#168 → #258)
- Biggest jump: 84 spots in 1888 (#340 → #256)
- Biggest drop: 68 spots in 1887 (#272 → #340)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1984 at #57 (5,996 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 27 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 31 yrs · run 1970–2000
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 301 boys born in 1984 were named Marcus (0.33%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,274 boys born in 2025 (0.08%)
- 21.4% of all boys named Marcus (51,807) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 424 | #218 (1884) | #258 |
| 1890s | 405 | #241 (1893) | #279 |
| 1900s | 482 | #253 (1906) | #290 |
| 1910s | 2,051 | #282 (1915) | #321 |
| 1920s | 3,029 | #305 (1921) | #334 |
| 1930s | 2,298 | #334 (1930) | #365 |
| 1940s | 3,266 | #315 (1949) | #349 |
| 1950s | 8,694 | #225 (1956) | #249 |
| 1960s | 14,545 | #138 (1969) | #192 |
| 1970s | 39,464 | #65 (1971) | #71 |
| 1980s | 51,807 | #57 (1984) | #64 |
| 1990s | 46,497 | #72 (1990) | #83 |
| 2000s | 35,673 | #99 (2000) | #114 |
| 2010s | 24,143 | #130 (2010) | #171 |
| 2020s | 8,879 | #226 (2020) | #242 |
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.
Marcus in 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 43,435 of them was named Marcus, which outranked 81.3% 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).
- #2,539Veronika42
- #2,539Vianca42
- #2,539Vilma42
- #2,597Marcus41
- #2,597Angelika41
- #2,597Annah41
- #2,597Azucena41
- #2,646Aarika40
- #2,646Addison40
- #2,646Alexsandra40
Tied with 48 names at #2,597; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 368 of them was named Marcus, which outranked 99.2% 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).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.