Marc
Last seen for girls in 2000 at #9,163 · #1,235 for boys in 2025, 162 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1970 · 5,009 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 9 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 140,604since 1901
Marc over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,235 | 162 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,193 | 172 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,098 | 194 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,099 | 195 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,006 | 217 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,086 | 182 | |
| 2019 | — | #961 | 222 | |
| 2018 | — | #830 | 269 | |
| 2017 | — | #786 | 298 | |
| 2016 | — | #693 | 356 | |
| 2015 | — | #673 | 377 | |
| 2014 | — | #639 | 411 | |
| 2013 | — | #650 | 376 | |
| 2012 | — | #604 | 419 | |
| 2011 | — | #571 | 438 | |
| 2010 | — | #579 | 437 | |
| 2009 | — | #558 | 472 | |
| 2008 | — | #455 | 609 | |
| 2007 | — | #444 | 632 | |
| 2006 | — | #407 | 727 | |
| 2005 | — | #380 | 760 | |
| 2004 | — | #333 | 899 | |
| 2003 | — | #322 | 920 | |
| 2002 | — | #283 | 1,069 | |
| 2001 | — | #262 | 1,246 | |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #229 | 1,485 |
| 1999 | — | #235 | 1,369 | |
| 1998 | — | #241 | 1,291 | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #231 | 1,337 |
| 1996 | — | #232 | 1,292 | |
| 1995 | — | #222 | 1,336 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #213 | 1,355 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #215 | 1,404 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #213 | 1,448 |
| 1991 | — | #196 | 1,581 | |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #163 | 1,902 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #160 | 1,893 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | #149 | 1,873 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | #143 | 1,967 |
| 1986 | #4,186 | 19 | #137 | 2,032 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 | #129 | 2,161 |
| 1984 | #3,613 | 22 | #131 | 2,102 |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 | #125 | 2,091 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | #138 | 2,043 |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 | #134 | 2,047 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #119 | 2,310 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 | #119 | 2,267 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #107 | 2,480 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | #101 | 2,601 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | #99 | 2,598 |
| 1975 | #3,950 | 16 | #89 | 2,822 |
| 1974 | #3,426 | 19 | #85 | 3,108 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 | #81 | 3,275 |
| 1972 | #3,894 | 15 | #83 | 3,465 |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 | #70 | 4,212 |
| 1970 | #2,779 | 25 | #60 | 5,009 |
| 1969 | #2,917 | 21 | #63 | 4,500 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 | #84 | 3,537 |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 | #101 | 3,101 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 | #105 | 2,972 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | #108 | 3,051 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | #113 | 3,084 |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 | #123 | 2,893 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #122 | 2,943 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #133 | 2,708 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | #136 | 2,586 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #140 | 2,506 |
| 1958 | — | #145 | 2,404 | |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | #139 | 2,481 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #135 | 2,430 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 | #126 | 2,632 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #133 | 2,403 |
| 1953 | — | #144 | 1,979 | |
| 1952 | — | #153 | 1,838 | |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #147 | 1,775 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #167 | 1,503 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | #167 | 1,396 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #175 | 1,255 |
| 1947 | — | #191 | 1,061 | |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #215 | 790 |
| 1945 | — | #221 | 613 | |
| 1944 | — | #351 | 292 | |
| 1943 | — | #410 | 225 | |
| 1942 | — | #415 | 219 | |
| 1941 | — | #406 | 207 | |
| 1940 | — | #528 | 122 | |
| 1939 | — | #675 | 77 | |
| 1938 | — | #683 | 78 | |
| 1937 | — | #817 | 56 | |
| 1936 | — | #917 | 45 | |
| 1935 | — | #778 | 63 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,059 | 38 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,230 | 29 | |
| 1932 | — | #980 | 45 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,589 | 20 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,132 | 38 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,237 | 32 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,272 | 32 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,372 | 29 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,404 | 27 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,534 | 24 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,329 | 31 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,589 | 23 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,434 | 27 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,588 | 23 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,642 | 22 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,882 | 17 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,827 | 18 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,732 | 9 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,043 | 14 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,070 | 13 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,868 | 12 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,803 | 10 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,417 | 12 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
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| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Marc! It came in at #943, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1902–1907, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Marc is popular in 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Hampshire#31 · 1 in 119
- Rhode Island#34 · 1 in 156
- Maine#55 · 1 in 242
- Connecticut#58 · 1 in 333
- Massachusetts#58 · 1 in 395
Best ever in a state: #31 in New Hampshire, 1959.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | #31 | 51 | 1 in 119 |
| Rhode Island | #34 | 57 | 1 in 156 |
| Maine | #55 | 44 | 1 in 242 |
| Connecticut | #58 | 80 | 1 in 333 |
| Massachusetts | #58 | 143 | 1 in 395 |
| New Jersey | #78 | 122 | 1 in 503 |
| New York | #81 | 364 | 1 in 497 |
| Vermont | #87 | 8 | 1 in 511 |
| Kansas | #95 | 52 | 1 in 457 |
| California | #114 | 317 | 1 in 567 |
| District of Columbia | #115 | 24 | 1 in 619 |
| Nebraska | #117 | 24 | 1 in 673 |
| Nevada | #117 | 5 | 1 in 547 |
| Washington | #118 | 49 | 1 in 642 |
| Michigan | #123 | 121 | 1 in 797 |
| Pennsylvania | #134 | 123 | 1 in 990 |
| Ohio | #139 | 120 | 1 in 944 |
| Maryland | #140 | 38 | 1 in 865 |
| Wisconsin | #141 | 39 | 1 in 1,219 |
| Iowa | #143 | 30 | 1 in 1,034 |
| Minnesota | #143 | 37 | 1 in 1,143 |
| Illinois | #145 | 130 | 1 in 895 |
| Indiana | #145 | 57 | 1 in 961 |
| South Dakota | #149 | 10 | 1 in 811 |
| Florida | #155 | 58 | 1 in 926 |
| Hawaii | #156 | 11 | 1 in 650 |
| Oregon | #156 | 18 | 1 in 952 |
| Montana | #157 | 9 | 1 in 868 |
| Colorado | #164 | 22 | 1 in 969 |
| New Mexico | #167 | 16 | 1 in 833 |
| Idaho | #180 | 8 | 1 in 949 |
| Arizona | #184 | 17 | 1 in 950 |
| Utah | #193 | 10 | 1 in 1,187 |
| Missouri | #199 | 34 | 1 in 1,449 |
| North Dakota | #208 | 5 | 1 in 1,513 |
| Tennessee | #214 | 24 | 1 in 1,661 |
| Louisiana | #216 | 34 | 1 in 1,254 |
| West Virginia | #216 | 11 | 1 in 1,825 |
| Kentucky | #253 | 15 | 1 in 2,412 |
| Virginia | #257 | 20 | 1 in 2,160 |
| Oklahoma | #262 | 11 | 1 in 2,181 |
| North Carolina | #296 | 20 | 1 in 2,632 |
| Alabama | #299 | 14 | 1 in 2,747 |
| Texas | #305 | 62 | 1 in 1,987 |
| South Carolina | #309 | 10 | 1 in 2,859 |
| Georgia | #337 | 14 | 1 in 3,426 |
| Mississippi | #370 | 7 | 1 in 3,956 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Marc
- 42 spots since 2024 (#1,193 → #1,235)
- 149 spots since 2020 (#1,086 → #1,235)
- 562 spots since 2015 (#673 → #1,235)
- Biggest jump: 609 spots in 1932 (#1,589 → #980)
- Biggest drop: 250 spots in 1933 (#980 → #1,230)
- Debuted 1901
- Peaked 1970 at #60 (5,009 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 9 yrs · run 1968–1976
- Top 1,000: 87 yrs · run 1935–2019
- Highest: 1 in 371 boys born in 1970 were named Marc (0.27%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,544 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 22.6% of all boys named Marc (31,837) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 19 | #943 (1901) | #1,066 |
| 1910s | 105 | #1,417 (1912) | #1,955 |
| 1920s | 270 | #1,237 (1929) | #1,440 |
| 1930s | 489 | #675 (1939) | #986 |
| 1940s | 6,180 | #167 (1949) | #308 |
| 1950s | 21,951 | #126 (1955) | #143 |
| 1960s | 31,375 | #63 (1969) | #109 |
| 1970s | 31,837 | #60 (1970) | #89 |
| 1980s | 20,519 | #119 (1980) | #137 |
| 1990s | 14,315 | #163 (1990) | #216 |
| 2000s | 8,819 | #229 (2000) | #367 |
| 2010s | 3,603 | #571 (2011) | #699 |
| 2020s | 1,122 | #1,006 (2021) | #1,120 |
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.
Marc in 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 289,066 of them was named Marc, which outranked 30.1% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 852 of them was named Marc, which outranked 96.9% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.