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Marc

Boys' name · Late 20th-century

Living in the US
~121,500 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,235 among boys
Births in 2025
162 141,137 since 1880
Typical age
51 years, median

Marc popularity over time

Marc rank by birth year, 1901–2025Marc ranked #943 in 1901 and #1,235 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #60, in 1970.#100#1,000#1,235best #60 in 19701920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1901–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

1970 is the peak year for Marc, with 5,034 births. The name does not appear in the data until 1901. Marc has spent 9 years inside the national top 100.

The 2025 position is #1,235, on 162 births. Compared with 2015, births are down 57%. It slipped 42 places against the previous year.

Babies named Marc per yearPeaks at 5,034 births in 1970.5,034 in 197001920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Marc?

An estimated 121,500 living Americans are called Marc. SSA has recorded 141,137 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Marc?

Half of living Marcs are older than 51, half younger. The 1970s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Marc a late 20th-century name.

Your Marc

Ages of living people named MarcHalf of living Marcs are older than 51 and half younger.median 51020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Marc is most common

New Jersey uses the name 2.9× as often as the country as a whole. Florida, New York and Massachusetts follow.

Where Marc is used more than average5 states use the name Marc more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 2.3× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 2.9× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: 1.6× the national rateMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: 1.7× the national rateMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: 2.4× the national rateFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Marc is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Jersey 148 2.9×
Florida 286 2.4×
New York 259 2.3×
Massachusetts 58 1.7×
Maryland 51 1.6×

Marc in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Marc ranked #1,613 in 2025 on 16 births. That is 27% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Marc comes from

Borrowed from French Marc, from Latin Marcus.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Marc

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Marc Chagall Belarusian-French artist 1887–1985 103
Marc Bloch French historian 1886–1944 63
Marc Cucurella Spanish association football player 1998 58
Marc Bartra Spanish soccer player 1991 52
Marc Overmars Dutch association football player 1973 51
Marc Márquez Spanish motorcycle racer 1993 50
Marc Ravalomanana President of Madagascar from 2002 to 2009 1949 48
Marc Guéhi Ivorian-English footballer 2000 47
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 292 in 1944 to 613 in 1945 — 2.1 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

How Marc is usually spelled

Spellings within one or two letters of each other, and how 2025 births divided between them.
SpellingBirths in 2025Share
Mark 1,416 90%
Marc this page 162 10%

Names similar to Marc

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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