Mark Boy
How popular is Mark?
#244 boy name in 2025
1,416 baby boys were named Mark in the US in 2025, making it the 244th most popular boy name.
Mark popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #244 for boys |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,416 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-32% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #196 in 2015, #235 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1960 (58,727 boys) |
| Highest rank | #6 in 1959 (6 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Mark counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Mark family of names ranked #237 for boys in 2025 (#239 the year before), with 1,588 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mark | 1,416 | 89% |
| Marc | 162 | 10% |
| Marck | 10 | 1% |
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 Mark is most popular
Babies named Mark per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alaska: 2.4 per 1,000 (29 boys)
- Washington: 1.7 per 1,000 (275 boys)
- District of Columbia: 1.4 per 1,000 (21 boys)
- Illinois: 1.4 per 1,000 (348 boys)
- New Jersey: 1.3 per 1,000 (266 boys)
Mark by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 928 | #127 |
| 1890s | 953 | #139 |
| 1900s | 971 | #151 |
| 1910s | 4,134 | #192 |
| 1920s | 6,495 | #199 |
| 1930s | 7,444 | #166 |
| 1940s | 50,731 | #24 |
| 1950s | 382,589 | #6 |
| 1960s | 441,390 | #6 |
| 1970s | 194,260 | #9 |
| 1980s | 129,442 | #30 |
| 1990s | 75,816 | #47 |
| 2000s | 37,257 | #79 |
| 2010s | 21,108 | #159 |
| 2020s | 8,658 | #235 |
Boy names about as popular as Mark
Questions
- Is Mark a boy or girl name?
- Mark is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Mark were boys.
- How popular is the name Mark?
- 1,416 baby boys were named Mark in the US in 2025, making it the 244th most popular boy name.
- When was Mark most popular?
- Mark peaked in 1960, when 58,727 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #6, held for 6 years starting in 1959.
- How many people are named Mark?
- 1,366,672 babies have been named Mark in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,103,927 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 60.
- Where is Mark most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Mark was most common in Alaska, at 2.4 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.