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
- Peak · boys
- 1996 · 1,923 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 76,578since 1910
Marco over time
Rank among boys' names. Marco has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | — | #370 | 862 | |
| 2024 | — | #386 | 843 | |
| 2023 | — | #382 | 836 | |
| 2022 | — | #371 | 878 | |
| 2021 | — | #399 | 786 | |
| 2020 | — | #393 | 786 | |
| 2019 | — | #379 | 831 | |
| 2018 | — | #360 | 918 | |
| 2017 | — | #336 | 1,010 | |
| 2016 | — | #326 | 1,063 | |
| 2015 | — | #320 | 1,086 | |
| 2014 | — | #309 | 1,129 | |
| 2013 | — | #285 | 1,216 | |
| 2012 | — | #272 | 1,304 | |
| 2011 | — | #280 | 1,257 | |
| 2010 | — | #264 | 1,312 | |
| 2009 | — | #242 | 1,464 | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #224 | 1,678 |
| 2007 | — | #209 | 1,867 | |
| 2006 | — | #206 | 1,865 | |
| 2005 | — | #187 | 2,117 | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #191 | 2,011 |
| 2003 | — | #192 | 1,960 | |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | #186 | 2,027 |
| 2001 | — | #179 | 2,109 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #181 | 2,027 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #191 | 1,771 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | #181 | 1,855 |
| 1997 | — | #176 | 1,924 | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #174 | 1,923 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | #179 | 1,765 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #184 | 1,688 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | #190 | 1,647 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #197 | 1,574 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #202 | 1,515 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #226 | 1,342 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #234 | 1,154 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #228 | 1,081 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | #243 | 959 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #246 | 912 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #241 | 965 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #244 | 896 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #243 | 909 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | #228 | 1,033 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | #246 | 905 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #233 | 1,010 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #234 | 956 |
| 1978 | #3,388 | 22 | #243 | 854 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | #242 | 850 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #251 | 789 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #261 | 755 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | #259 | 750 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | #252 | 778 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 | #267 | 729 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #280 | 746 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #293 | 707 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | #313 | 595 |
| 1968 | — | #352 | 486 | |
| 1967 | — | #360 | 437 | |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | #380 | 396 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #397 | 388 |
| 1964 | — | #425 | 355 | |
| 1963 | — | #435 | 336 | |
| 1962 | — | #448 | 313 | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #537 | 220 |
| 1960 | — | #549 | 205 | |
| 1959 | — | #540 | 210 | |
| 1958 | — | #602 | 165 | |
| 1957 | — | #641 | 143 | |
| 1956 | — | #646 | 138 | |
| 1955 | — | #676 | 117 | |
| 1954 | — | #669 | 116 | |
| 1953 | — | #717 | 99 | |
| 1952 | — | #660 | 109 | |
| 1951 | — | #711 | 95 | |
| 1950 | — | #767 | 80 | |
| 1949 | — | #849 | 65 | |
| 1948 | — | #954 | 53 | |
| 1947 | — | #839 | 68 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,060 | 42 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,078 | 36 | |
| 1944 | — | #918 | 48 | |
| 1943 | — | #933 | 51 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,089 | 39 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,066 | 37 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,135 | 34 | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #1,033 | 38 |
| 1938 | — | #977 | 42 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,233 | 29 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,271 | 27 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,295 | 27 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,150 | 33 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,094 | 36 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,126 | 36 | |
| 1931 | — | #879 | 53 | |
| 1930 | — | #928 | 52 | |
| 1929 | — | #983 | 47 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,228 | 34 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,028 | 46 | |
| 1926 | — | #980 | 49 | |
| 1925 | — | #916 | 54 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,093 | 43 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,057 | 45 | |
| 1922 | — | #958 | 53 | |
| 1921 | — | #991 | 50 | |
| 1920 | — | #987 | 48 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,230 | 33 | |
| 1918 | — | #966 | 48 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,152 | 34 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,013 | 40 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,037 | 38 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,019 | 30 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,112 | 21 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,174 | 16 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,038 | 11 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
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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 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Rhode Island#123 · 1 in 1,024
- Arizona#150 · 1 in 825
- Texas#155 · 1 in 743
- California#155 · 1 in 824
- Tennessee#162 · 1 in 1,065
Best ever in a state: #82 in District of Columbia, 1977.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | #123 | 5 | 1 in 1,024 |
| Arizona | #150 | 23 | 1 in 825 |
| California | #155 | 205 | 1 in 824 |
| Texas | #155 | 155 | 1 in 743 |
| Tennessee | #162 | 30 | 1 in 1,065 |
| Massachusetts | #172 | 20 | 1 in 1,658 |
| Mississippi | #192 | 17 | 1 in 1,086 |
| Illinois | #195 | 60 | 1 in 1,323 |
| Arkansas | #202 | 11 | 1 in 1,340 |
| Alabama | #213 | 18 | 1 in 1,433 |
| Connecticut | #216 | 9 | 1 in 1,828 |
| District of Columbia | #217 | 6 | 1 in 1,279 |
| New Jersey | #234 | 22 | 1 in 1,881 |
| New York | #239 | 63 | 1 in 1,750 |
| New Mexico | #246 | 8 | 1 in 1,262 |
| Michigan | #270 | 22 | 1 in 2,920 |
| Maryland | #283 | 7 | 1 in 3,049 |
| Florida | #287 | 24 | 1 in 2,125 |
| Oklahoma | #287 | 8 | 1 in 2,482 |
| Georgia | #303 | 16 | 1 in 2,360 |
| Indiana | #329 | 10 | 1 in 3,930 |
| Pennsylvania | #331 | 16 | 1 in 4,585 |
| Ohio | #347 | 16 | 1 in 4,817 |
| Oregon | #348 | 5 | 1 in 3,622 |
| Virginia | #364 | 8 | 1 in 4,002 |
| Louisiana | #377 | 12 | 1 in 2,754 |
| Missouri | #385 | 7 | 1 in 4,995 |
| South Carolina | #394 | 6 | 1 in 3,411 |
| North Carolina | #422 | 8 | 1 in 4,646 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1996 at #174 (1,923 births)
- Births halved by 2018, 22 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 91 yrs · run 1947–2025
- 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
- 25.0% of all boys named Marco (19,125) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 276 | #966 (1918) | #1,133 |
| 1920s | 469 | #916 (1925) | #1,022 |
| 1930s | 373 | #879 (1931) | #1,099 |
| 1940s | 473 | #839 (1947) | #992 |
| 1950s | 1,272 | #540 (1959) | #663 |
| 1960s | 3,731 | #313 (1969) | #420 |
| 1970s | 7,914 | #234 (1979) | #258 |
| 1980s | 9,824 | #228 (1988) | #239 |
| 1990s | 17,004 | #174 (1996) | #190 |
| 2000s | 19,125 | #179 (2001) | #200 |
| 2010s | 11,126 | #264 (2010) | #313 |
| 2020s | 4,991 | #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 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 69,630 of them was named Marco, which outranked 70.5% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,283Vilma23
- #3,283Yecenia23
- #3,283Youlanda23
- #3,388Marco22
- #3,388Abbigail22
- #3,388Aishia22
- #3,388Ambra22
- #3,512Abbi21
- #3,512Adelle21
- #3,512Aleesha21
Tied with 123 names at #3,388; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 1,923 of them was named Marco, which outranked 96.4% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.