Marco

Last seen for girls in 2008 at #13,832 · #370 for boys in 2025, 862 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1996 · 1,923 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
76,578
since 1910

Marco over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Marco has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201974peak #174, 1996boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#370862
2024—#386843
2023—#382836
2022—#371878
2021—#399786
2020—#393786
2019—#379831
2018—#360918
2017—#3361,010
2016—#3261,063
2015—#3201,086
2014—#3091,129
2013—#2851,216
2012—#2721,304
2011—#2801,257
2010—#2641,312
2009—#2421,464
2008#13,8327#2241,678
2007—#2091,867
2006—#2061,865
2005—#1872,117
2004#14,1796#1912,011
2003—#1921,960
2002#10,2469#1862,027
2001—#1792,109
2000#15,0315#1812,027
1999#10,3458#1911,771
1998#8,58410#1811,855
1997—#1761,924
1996#13,5185#1741,923
1995#7,04112#1791,765
1994#7,60411#1841,688
1993#8,05210#1901,647
1992#9,4918#1971,574
1991#7,98710#2021,515
1990#8,5019#2261,342
1989#8,7618#2341,154
1988#8,3918#2281,081
1987#6,33511#243959
1986#6,61210#246912
1985#5,34813#241965
1984#8,1537#244896
1983#9,0156#243909
1982#6,37110#2281,033
1981#4,53216#246905
1980#7,4188#2331,010
1979#7,3138#234956
1978#3,38822#243854
1977#4,42515#242850
1976#8,1566#251789
1975#9,0675#261755
1974#5,7769#259750
1973#5,5809#252778
1972#4,52312#267729
1971#6,0068#280746
1970#6,3627#293707
1969#5,4568#313595
1968—#352486
1967—#360437
1966#5,2737#380396
1965#5,8176#397388
1964—#425355
1963—#435336
1962—#448313
1961#6,5675#537220
1960—#549205
1959—#540210
1958—#602165
1957—#641143
1956—#646138
1955—#676117
1954—#669116
1953—#71799
1952—#660109
1951—#71195
1950—#76780
1949—#84965
1948—#95453
1947—#83968
1946—#1,06042
1945—#1,07836
1944—#91848
1943—#93351
1942—#1,08939
1941—#1,06637
1940—#1,13534
1939#4,2505#1,03338
1938—#97742
1937—#1,23329
1936—#1,27127
1935—#1,29527
1934—#1,15033
1933—#1,09436
1932—#1,12636
1931—#87953
1930—#92852
1929—#98347
1928—#1,22834
1927—#1,02846
1926—#98049
1925—#91654
1924—#1,09343
1923—#1,05745
1922—#95853
1921—#99150
1920—#98748
1919—#1,23033
1918—#96648
1917—#1,15234
1916—#1,01340
1915—#1,03738
1914—#1,01930
1913—#1,11221
1912—#1,17416
1911—#1,03811
1910—#1,5895
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First appearance
1910

The first year at least five boys were named Marco! It came in at #1,589, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1910, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Marco is popular in 1974

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedMNIllinois: #210 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 1,477 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedWIMichigan: #384 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 4,935 boysMINew York: #253 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 2,006 boysNYMassachusetts: #184 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,897 boysMARhode Island: #129 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,014 boysRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedIAIndiana: #408 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,646 boysINOhio: #446 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 7,080 boysOHPennsylvania: #405 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 6,666 boysPANew Jersey: #331 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,294 boysNJConnecticut: #148 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,105 boysCTCalifornia: #131 for boys · 224 births · 1 in 671 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedUTColorado: #254 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,022 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedWVVirginia: #356 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,917 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedDEArizona: #174 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 900 boysAZNew Mexico: #301 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,816 boysNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedARTennessee: #312 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,123 boysTNNorth Carolina: #501 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,468 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #185 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 990 boysDCOklahoma: #303 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,657 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedLAMississippi: #392 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,733 boysMSAlabama: #328 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,936 boysALGeorgia: #406 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,233 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedHITexas: #134 for boys · 173 births · 1 in 611 boysTXFlorida: #282 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 2,111 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Rhode Island#129 · 1 in 1,014
  2. California#131 · 1 in 671
  3. Texas#134 · 1 in 611
  4. Connecticut#148 · 1 in 1,105
  5. Arizona#174 · 1 in 900

Best ever in a state: #82 in District of Columbia, 1977.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#12951 in 1,014
California#1312241 in 671
Texas#1341731 in 611
Connecticut#148151 in 1,105
Arizona#174201 in 900
Massachusetts#184181 in 1,897
District of Columbia#18581 in 990
Illinois#210531 in 1,477
New York#253571 in 2,006
Colorado#25491 in 2,022
Florida#282241 in 2,111
New Mexico#30151 in 1,816
Oklahoma#30371 in 2,657
Tennessee#312101 in 3,123
Alabama#32891 in 2,936
New Jersey#331131 in 3,294
Virginia#35681 in 3,917
Michigan#384131 in 4,935
Mississippi#39251 in 3,733
Pennsylvania#405111 in 6,666
Georgia#40691 in 4,233
Indiana#40871 in 5,646
Ohio#446111 in 7,080
North Carolina#50161 in 6,468
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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 Marco
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 16 spots since 2024 (#386 → #370)
  • 23 spots since 2020 (#393 → #370)
  • 50 spots since 2015 (#320 → #370)
  • Biggest jump: 256 spots in 1938 (#1,233 → #977)
  • Biggest drop: 264 spots in 1919 (#966 → #1,230)
Rise & fade · boys
86 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1910
  • Peaked 1996 at #174 (1,923 births)
  • Births halved by 2018, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 91 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 91 yrs · run 1947–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 921
  • Highest: 1 in 921 boys born in 2001 were named Marco (0.11%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,982 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
  • Its best rank, #174 in 1996, was only 1 in 985 (0.10%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 25.0% of all boys named Marco (19,125) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s276#966 (1918)#1,133
1920s469#916 (1925)#1,022
1930s373#879 (1931)#1,099
1940s473#839 (1947)#992
1950s1,272#540 (1959)#663
1960s3,731#313 (1969)#420
1970s7,914#234 (1979)#258
1980s9,824#228 (1988)#239
1990s17,004#174 (1996)#190
2000s19,125#179 (2001)#200
2010s11,126#264 (2010)#313
2020s4,991#370 (2025)#384

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.

Marco in 1974

girls
#5,776
9 births · 1 in 163,059 girls
boys
#259
750 births · 1 in 2,096 boys

Top girls' names in 1974

  1. #1Jennifer63,107
  2. #2Amy29,566
  3. #3Michelle25,826
  4. #4Heather23,179
  5. #5Angela22,803
  6. #6Kimberly22,427
  7. #7Melissa22,166
  8. #8Lisa19,778
  9. #9Stephanie16,984
  10. #10Rebecca15,163
  11. #5,776Marco9

Top boys' names in 1974

  1. #1Michael67,534
  2. #2Jason54,756
  3. #3Christopher48,585
  4. #4David41,786
  5. #5James41,334
  6. #6John37,612
  7. #7Robert37,005
  8. #8Brian34,449
  9. #9Matthew27,194
  10. #10William26,980
  11. #259Marco750
More about 1974

girls

1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 163,059 of them was named Marco, which outranked 43.6% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marco
  1. #5,360Zanita10
  2. #5,360Zenda10
  3. #5,360Zola10
  4. #5,776Marco9
  5. #5,776Ailie9
  6. #5,776Akita9
  7. #5,776Alaine9
  8. #6,258Abeer8
  9. #6,258Abigale8
  10. #6,258Ailene8

Tied with 481 names at #5,776; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,440Nakia#6,666 → #226
  2. ↑ 5,329Nikia#6,080 → #751
  3. ↑ 1,994Luciana#2,914 → #920
  4. ↑ 1,556Cortney#2,349 → #793
  5. ↑ 1,213Nia#1,885 → #672
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,251Contina#962 → #2,213
  2. ↓ 396Pam#990 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 376Tracee#536 → #912
  4. ↓ 364Cher#760 → #1,124
  5. ↓ 314Richard#904 → #1,218

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 2,096 of them was named Marco, which outranked 95.7% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marco
  1. #256Marlon756
  2. #257Clifton753
  3. #258Vernon752
  4. #259Marco750
  5. #259Jessie750
  6. #261Alberto747
  7. #262Sergio740
  8. #263Fredrick729

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,544Rashad#4,505 → #961
  2. ↑ 844Telly#1,312 → #468
  3. ↑ 398Jabari#1,312 → #914
  4. ↑ 356Ahmad#1,123 → #767
  5. ↑ 356Toma#1,238 → #882
Fallers
  1. ↓ 383Parrish#987 → #1,370
  2. ↓ 378Fredric#957 → #1,335
  3. ↓ 346Jory#753 → #1,099
  4. ↓ 301Vidal#834 → #1,135
  5. ↓ 277Pat#847 → #1,124

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1974 →