Marco Boy
How popular is Marco?
#370 boy name in 2025
862 baby boys were named Marco in the US in 2025, making it the 370th most popular boy name.
Marco popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #370 for boys (▲ 16 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 862 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-21% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #320 in 2015, #393 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2005 (2,117 boys) |
| Highest rank | #174 in 1996 |
| First recorded | 1910 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Marco counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Marco family of names ranked #355 for boys in 2025 (#358 the year before), with 934 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Marco | 862 | 92% |
| Marko | 72 | 8% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Marco is most popular
Babies named Marco per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Connecticut: 1.0 per 1,000 (66 boys)
- Texas: 0.9 per 1,000 (773 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.8 per 1,000 (171 boys)
- California: 0.8 per 1,000 (766 boys)
- Arizona: 0.8 per 1,000 (131 boys)
Marco by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 276 | #966 |
| 1920s | 469 | #916 |
| 1930s | 373 | #879 |
| 1940s | 473 | #838 |
| 1950s | 1,272 | #540 |
| 1960s | 3,731 | #313 |
| 1970s | 7,914 | #234 |
| 1980s | 9,824 | #228 |
| 1990s | 17,004 | #174 |
| 2000s | 19,125 | #179 |
| 2010s | 11,126 | #264 |
| 2020s | 4,991 | #370 |
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Questions
- Is Marco a boy or girl name?
- Marco is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Marco were boys.
- How popular is the name Marco?
- 862 baby boys were named Marco in the US in 2025, making it the 370th most popular boy name.
- When was Marco most popular?
- Marco peaked in 2005, when 2,117 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #174 in 1996.
- How many people are named Marco?
- 76,917 babies have been named Marco in the US since 1880. We estimate about 72,490 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 27.
- Where is Marco most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Marco was most common in Connecticut, at 1.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.