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Mark

Boys' name · Late 20th-century perennial

Living in the US
~1,115,400 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#244 among boys
Births in 2025
1,416 1,366,672 since 1880
Typical age
59 years, median

Mark popularity over time

Mark rank by birth year, 1880–2025Mark ranked #160 in 1880 and #244 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #6, in 1959.#10#100#244best #6 in 195918901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Mark in 1960 than in any other year — 58,860 of them. The name is already in use in 1880, where the data begins. Mark has spent 59 years inside the national top 100.

The 2025 position is #244, on 1,416 births. The ten-year change is -32%.

Babies named Mark per yearPeaks at 58,860 births in 1960.58,860 in 1960018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Mark?

Roughly 1,115,400 Marks are alive in the US right now. That is out of 1,366,672 recorded births 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 Mark?

Half of living Marks are older than 59, half younger. Most living bearers were born in the 1960s. By the site’s era rules that makes Mark a late 20th-century perennial name.

Your Mark

Ages of living people named MarkHalf of living Marks are older than 59 and half younger.median 59020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Mark is most common

Mark is 2.3× as common in Alaska as it is nationally. Washington, Delaware and New Jersey follow.

Where Mark is used more than average5 states use the name Mark more than the national average.Alaska: 2.3× the national rateAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: 1.8× the national rateWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: 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: 1.7× 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: not over-representedMDDelaware: 1.7× the national rateDEMassachusetts: 1.6× 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: not over-representedFL
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 Mark is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Alaska 49 2.3×
Washington 550 1.8×
Delaware 44 1.7×
New Jersey 602 1.7×
Massachusetts 396 1.6×

Mark in England and Wales

ONS recorded 156 births named Mark in 2025, ranking it #294. That is 21% 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 Mark comes from

From Middle English Mark, from the Latin praenomen (i.e. first name) Mārcus, derived from Mārs, the Roman god of war, originally Māvors, from Proto-Italic *Māwortis.

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

Notable people named Mark

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Mark Twain American author and humorist 1835–1910 251
Mark Zuckerberg American Internet entrepreneur 1984 168
Mark Rutte Secretary General of NATO since 2024 and former Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1967 113
Mark Wahlberg American actor 1971 99
Mark Carney 24th prime minister of Canada since 2025 1965 90
Mark Ruffalo American actor 1967 88
Mark Hamill American actor 1951 72
Mark Rothko American painter of Latvian-Jewish descent 1903–1970 71
Photo credits (5)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 3,553 in 1945 to 5,345 in 1946 — 1.5 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.

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