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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #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 2000

  • 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: #211 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 992 boysWAIdaho: #319 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,575 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #250 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,544 boysMNIllinois: #148 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 682 boysILWisconsin: #335 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,461 boysWIMichigan: #261 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 1,744 boysMINew York: #184 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 1,157 boysNYMassachusetts: #225 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,725 boysMARhode Island: #158 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 878 boysRIOregon: #213 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 942 boysORNevada: #183 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 774 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedSDIowa: #305 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,081 boysIAIndiana: #410 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,277 boysINOhio: #459 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 4,409 boysOHPennsylvania: #273 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 2,121 boysPANew Jersey: #171 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 1,115 boysNJConnecticut: #176 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,136 boysCTCalifornia: #106 for boys · 565 births · 1 in 439 boysCAUtah: #264 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,396 boysUTColorado: #144 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 557 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedNEMissouri: #356 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,864 boysMOKentucky: #353 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,024 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedWVVirginia: #505 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 4,104 boysVAMaryland: #286 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,797 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedDEArizona: #98 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 372 boysAZNew Mexico: #123 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 463 boysNMKansas: #404 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,749 boysKSArkansas: #399 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,482 boysARTennessee: #377 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,811 boysTNNorth Carolina: #206 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 1,150 boysNCSouth Carolina: #350 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,090 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #198 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 811 boysDCOklahoma: #466 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,435 boysOKLouisiana: #649 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,541 boysLAMississippi: #495 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,111 boysMSAlabama: #600 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,060 boysALGeorgia: #265 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 1,458 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Marco, so not publishedHITexas: #88 for boys · 470 births · 1 in 365 boysTXFlorida: #200 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 1,116 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#88 · 1 in 365
  2. Arizona#98 · 1 in 372
  3. California#106 · 1 in 439
  4. New Mexico#123 · 1 in 463
  5. Colorado#144 · 1 in 557

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Texas#884701 in 365
Arizona#981021 in 372
California#1065651 in 439
New Mexico#123231 in 463
Colorado#144511 in 557
Illinois#1481181 in 682
Rhode Island#15861 in 878
New Jersey#171431 in 1,115
Connecticut#176161 in 1,136
Nevada#183161 in 774
New York#184991 in 1,157
District of Columbia#19861 in 811
Florida#200801 in 1,116
North Carolina#206451 in 1,150
Washington#211351 in 992
Oregon#213211 in 942
Massachusetts#225211 in 1,725
Minnesota#250191 in 1,544
Michigan#261341 in 1,744
Utah#264151 in 1,396
Georgia#265381 in 1,458
Pennsylvania#273311 in 2,121
Maryland#286161 in 1,797
Iowa#30581 in 2,081
Idaho#31951 in 1,575
Wisconsin#335121 in 2,461
South Carolina#350101 in 2,090
Kentucky#35381 in 3,024
Missouri#356121 in 2,864
Tennessee#377131 in 2,811
Arkansas#39961 in 2,482
Kansas#40461 in 2,749
Indiana#410121 in 3,277
Ohio#459161 in 4,409
Oklahoma#46661 in 3,435
Mississippi#49551 in 3,111
Virginia#505101 in 4,104
Alabama#60051 in 5,060
Louisiana#64961 in 4,541
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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 2000

girls
#15,031
5 births · 1 in 363,207 girls
boys
#181
2,027 births · 1 in 969 boys

Top girls' names in 2000

  1. #1Emily25,959
  2. #2Hannah23,087
  3. #3Madison19,968
  4. #4Ashley18,000
  5. #5Sarah17,715
  6. #6Alexis17,631
  7. #7Samantha17,265
  8. #8Jessica15,711
  9. #9Elizabeth15,117
  10. #10Taylor15,080
  11. #15,031Marco5

Top boys' names in 2000

  1. #1Jacob34,492
  2. #2Michael32,045
  3. #3Matthew28,580
  4. #4Joshua27,543
  5. #5Christopher24,936
  6. #6Nicholas24,653
  7. #7Andrew23,658
  8. #8Joseph22,844
  9. #9Daniel22,338
  10. #10Tyler21,506
  11. #181Marco2,027
More about 2000

girls

1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 363,207 of them was named Marco, which outranked 14.9% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marco
  1. #13,154Zitlally6
  2. #13,154Zoeie6
  3. #13,154Zohal6
  4. #15,031Marco5
  5. #15,031Aaleah5
  6. #15,031Aalexis5
  7. #15,031Aaliayh5

Tied with 2,629 names at #15,031; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,528Laisha#3,509 → #981
  2. ↑ 2,131Litzy#2,527 → #396
  3. ↑ 2,096Cielo#2,991 → #895
  4. ↑ 1,864Yamilet#2,703 → #839
  5. ↑ 1,775Nyah#2,567 → #792
Fallers
  1. ↓ 560Tatyanna#951 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 529Jailene#506 → #1,035
  3. ↓ 431Shanice#727 → #1,158
  4. ↓ 384Chantal#921 → #1,305
  5. ↓ 348Infant#658 → #1,006

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

boys

1,964,001 boys got a published name in 2000; 1 in 969 of them was named Marco, which outranked 98.5% of the 12,119 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marco
  1. #178Sergio2,063
  2. #178Trenton2,063
  3. #180Josiah2,029
  4. #181Marco2,027
  5. #182Nolan2,026
  6. #183Peyton2,000
  7. #184Harrison1,986
Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,806Maximus#5,656 → #850
  2. ↑ 2,950Elian#3,376 → #426
  3. ↑ 438Axel#799 → #361
  4. ↑ 437Luca#1,063 → #626
  5. ↑ 403Jevon#1,039 → #636
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,334Trajan#996 → #2,330
  2. ↓ 498Jordi#743 → #1,241
  3. ↓ 322Auston#931 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 298Tyreke#737 → #1,035
  5. ↓ 274Tahj#863 → #1,137

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

See the top 100 for 2000 →