Mark

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · #244 for boys in 2025, 1,416 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1960 · 58,727 births
Debut · boys
85 births
In top 100 · boys
59 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,362,176
since 1880

Mark over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #6, 1960boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2441,416
2024#2441,447
2023#15,1945#2491,401
2022#2471,434
2021#2521,408
2020#2351,552
2019#2231,685
2018#2101,874
2017#2031,948
2016#1952,066
2015#1962,078
2014#11,9318#1892,194
2013#14,5826#1842,211
2012#1762,204
2011#1592,433
2010#14,9596#1622,415
2009#1532,578
2008#1392,916
2007#17,6365#1382,973
2006#15,1526#1283,252
2005#10,9219#1143,529
2004#9,26411#1133,770
2003#15,7845#1054,033
2002#8,83711#934,222
2001#9,35110#844,754
2000#8,02712#795,230
1999#7,71612#695,606
1998#7,10413#645,893
1997#6,48314#586,165
1996#6,39214#556,599
1995#4,51822#526,888
1994#4,52122#487,488
1993#4,99819#498,059
1992#4,84920#498,745
1991#3,93626#479,684
1990#2,69543#4710,689
1989#2,37149#4211,320
1988#1,56484#3911,715
1987#1,77666#3611,993
1986#1,48484#3512,615
1985#1,40191#3213,194
1984#1,53574#3213,214
1983#1,27896#3113,815
1982#1,30297#3213,865
1981#1,40687#3313,542
1980#1,50279#3014,169
1979#1,37789#3014,386
1978#1,31491#2614,851
1977#1,37082#2515,418
1976#1,38477#2515,508
1975#1,25889#1916,742
1974#1,063111#1618,905
1973#1,15195#1520,367
1972#1,28080#1821,490
1971#1,047115#1325,132
1970#929138#931,461
1969#892139#833,388
1968#804157#735,401
1967#843144#734,910
1966#900125#734,801
1965#933119#738,244
1964#969119#645,261
1963#953123#649,342
1962#934129#653,520
1961#835159#657,796
1960#920133#658,727
1959#918130#656,945
1958#973113#752,698
1957#1,15983#752,841
1956#1,12984#848,828
1955#1,35655#942,255
1954#1,42250#1236,198
1953#1,62237#1229,341
1952#1,54039#1725,678
1951#2,01624#2021,201
1950#1,67931#2316,604
1949#2,13421#2413,725
1948#2,58915#2910,267
1947#3,44810#477,773
1946#2,59714#585,331
1945#3,3888#723,545
1944#932,742
1943#3,04010#1012,520
1942#3,7387#1172,039
1941#4,4205#1221,624
1940#3,8636#1491,165
1939#3,1458#170867
1938#166902
1937#4,2555#176809
1936#3,7016#182712
1935#2,9269#174788
1934#2,18714#185702
1933#180693
1932#3,5687#185716
1931#2,20514#197664
1930#2,55212#220591
1929#2,92110#222576
1928#2,49713#209652
1927#2,55213#200701
1926#3,2699#200702
1925#2,11918#211651
1924#2,40915#206672
1923#2,91711#203659
1922#2,61213#199667
1921#2,94111#211626
1920#2,59013#219589
1919#2,51513#212587
1918#3,2449#205627
1917#2,10016#212528
1916#4,4175#198571
1915#2,05015#204529
1914#2,6388#210386
1913#2,1649#192349
1912#2,6346#201284
1911#207142
1910#1,9357#199131
1909#212101
1908#1,6767#25767
1907#1,6397#19997
1906#1,9515#20585
1905#18994
1904#165113
1903#19581
1902#167104
1901#1,6795#16392
1900#1,7236#151137
1899#16689
1898#158108
1897#149104
1896#139119
1895#1,5925#151102
1894#1,4855#17984
1893#15992
1892#1,4505#18186
1891#15286
1890#16983
1889#144101
1888#135115
1887#16676
1886#128106
1885#17674
1884#14496
1883#14091
1882#15390
1881#12794
1880#16085
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Mark was already there! It came in at #160, and was given to 85 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1905–1908, when fewer than 98 boys a year got the name.

See more about Mark
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • Held #244 since 2024
  • 9 spots since 2020 (#235#244)
  • 48 spots since 2015 (#196#244)
  • Biggest jump: 48 spots in 1886 (#176#128)
  • Biggest drop: 58 spots in 1908 (#199#257)
Rise & fade · boys
80 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1960 at #6 (58,727 births)
  • Births halved by 1971, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: 16 yrs · run 1955–1970
  • Top 100: 59 yrs · run 1944–2002
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 36
  • Highest: 1 in 36 boys born in 1960 were named Mark (2.8%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,206 boys born in 2025 (0.08%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 32.4% of all boys named Mark (441,390) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s928#127 (1881)#147
1890s953#139 (1896)#160
1900s971#151 (1900)#190
1910s4,134#192 (1913)#204
1920s6,495#199 (1922)#208
1930s7,444#166 (1938)#184
1940s50,731#24 (1949)#81
1950s382,589#6 (1959)#12
1960s441,390#6 (1960)#7
1970s194,260#9 (1970)#20
1980s129,442#30 (1980)#34
1990s75,816#47 (1990)#54
2000s37,257#79 (2000)#115
2010s21,108#159 (2011)#190
2020s8,658#235 (2020)#245

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.

Mark in 1919

girls
#2,515
13 births · 1 in 86,932 girls
boys
#212
587 births · 1 in 1,670 boys

Top girls' names in 1919

  1. #1Mary65,836
  2. #2Helen33,706
  3. #3Dorothy31,733
  4. #4Margaret26,238
  5. #5Ruth24,562
  6. #6Mildred17,300
  7. #7Virginia15,636
  8. #8Elizabeth15,287
  9. #9Frances15,106
  10. #10Anna14,498
  11. #2,515Mark13

Top boys' names in 1919

  1. #1John53,522
  2. #2William43,969
  3. #3James42,392
  4. #4Robert41,025
  5. #5Charles25,192
  6. #6George25,170
  7. #7Joseph24,266
  8. #8Edward18,536
  9. #9Frank15,701
  10. #10Thomas13,434
  11. #212Mark587
More about 1919

girls

1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 86,932 of them was named Mark, which outranked 54.8% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mark
  1. #2,384Yoneko14
  2. #2,384Zana14
  3. #2,384Zeola14
  4. #2,515Mark13
  5. #2,515Adelyne13
  6. #2,515Agapita13
  7. #2,515Alena13
  8. #2,640Adriana12
  9. #2,640Aldean12
  10. #2,640Aldene12

Tied with 124 names at #2,515; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. 851Gregoria#1,805#954
  2. 443Concha#1,333#890
  3. 390Arlena#1,299#909
  4. 353Marina#1,255#902
  5. 333Roselle#1,333#1,000
Fallers
  1. 1,019Liberty#585#1,604
  2. 840Victory#809#1,649
  3. 567Karen#960#1,527
  4. 404Zena#989#1,393
  5. 359Malvina#989#1,348

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

boys

980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 1,670 of them was named Mark, which outranked 95.6% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mark
  1. #209Percy595
  2. #210Lonnie592
  3. #211Elwood589
  4. #212Mark587
  5. #213Roscoe586
  6. #214Mack579
  7. #215Antonio578
Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. 446Quinten#1,313#867
  2. 432Dempsey#1,012#580
  3. 341Winton#1,231#890
  4. 334Donnie#1,211#877
  5. 332Edsel#1,062#730
Fallers
  1. 2,008Foch#869#2,877
  2. 582Carmel#949#1,531
  3. 403Eligah#918#1,321
  4. 398Nels#809#1,207
  5. 355Myer#966#1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1919