Marcus
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · #258 for boys in 2025, 1,341 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1984 · 5,996 births
- Debut · boys
- 47 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 31 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 241,657since 1880
Marcus over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | #258 | 1,341 | |
| 2024 | — | #256 | 1,382 | |
| 2023 | — | #250 | 1,400 | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #235 | 1,479 |
| 2021 | — | #228 | 1,616 | |
| 2020 | — | #226 | 1,661 | |
| 2019 | — | #218 | 1,722 | |
| 2018 | — | #209 | 1,901 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #194 | 2,037 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #183 | 2,183 |
| 2015 | — | #168 | 2,481 | |
| 2014 | — | #157 | 2,620 | |
| 2013 | — | #159 | 2,536 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #149 | 2,718 |
| 2011 | — | #145 | 2,814 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #130 | 3,131 |
| 2009 | — | #123 | 3,409 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #125 | 3,392 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #117 | 3,670 |
| 2006 | — | #112 | 3,813 | |
| 2005 | — | #116 | 3,477 | |
| 2004 | #5,555 | 22 | #116 | 3,480 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #119 | 3,395 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #106 | 3,544 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #104 | 3,696 |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 | #99 | 3,797 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 | #98 | 3,867 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #96 | 4,015 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #93 | 4,183 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | #87 | 4,546 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | #81 | 4,647 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | #75 | 5,258 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | #74 | 5,063 |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | #82 | 4,545 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | #76 | 5,069 |
| 1990 | #3,436 | 31 | #72 | 5,304 |
| 1989 | #2,931 | 37 | #67 | 5,395 |
| 1988 | #2,597 | 41 | #66 | 5,207 |
| 1987 | #1,991 | 56 | #67 | 4,950 |
| 1986 | #1,751 | 66 | #63 | 5,278 |
| 1985 | #1,740 | 65 | #61 | 5,586 |
| 1984 | #1,703 | 64 | #57 | 5,996 |
| 1983 | #1,644 | 67 | #58 | 5,637 |
| 1982 | #2,581 | 36 | #63 | 4,988 |
| 1981 | #2,409 | 40 | #67 | 4,510 |
| 1980 | #2,218 | 45 | #71 | 4,260 |
| 1979 | #2,147 | 46 | #76 | 4,048 |
| 1978 | #2,159 | 43 | #70 | 3,995 |
| 1977 | #2,307 | 39 | #72 | 3,846 |
| 1976 | #2,439 | 33 | #74 | 3,681 |
| 1975 | #2,023 | 43 | #68 | 3,969 |
| 1974 | #2,133 | 38 | #73 | 3,801 |
| 1973 | #2,455 | 30 | #72 | 3,714 |
| 1972 | #2,311 | 32 | #71 | 3,685 |
| 1971 | #2,001 | 42 | #65 | 4,410 |
| 1970 | #2,450 | 30 | #71 | 4,315 |
| 1969 | #3,199 | 18 | #138 | 2,212 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 | #174 | 1,538 |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 | #176 | 1,472 |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | #194 | 1,266 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | #184 | 1,373 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | #207 | 1,351 |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 | #212 | 1,322 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #208 | 1,372 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | #214 | 1,313 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #210 | 1,326 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #226 | 1,210 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #251 | 982 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | #240 | 1,035 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #225 | 1,063 |
| 1955 | — | #228 | 974 | |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #235 | 897 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | #257 | 725 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #263 | 676 |
| 1951 | — | #284 | 576 | |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | #283 | 556 |
| 1949 | — | #315 | 464 | |
| 1948 | — | #333 | 406 | |
| 1947 | — | #344 | 392 | |
| 1946 | — | #331 | 382 | |
| 1945 | — | #355 | 280 | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #359 | 277 |
| 1943 | — | #365 | 282 | |
| 1942 | — | #371 | 268 | |
| 1941 | — | #358 | 265 | |
| 1940 | — | #362 | 250 | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #377 | 226 |
| 1938 | — | #375 | 224 | |
| 1937 | — | #358 | 226 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #380 | 207 |
| 1935 | — | #361 | 226 | |
| 1934 | — | #361 | 226 | |
| 1933 | — | #349 | 239 | |
| 1932 | — | #377 | 222 | |
| 1931 | — | #374 | 225 | |
| 1930 | — | #334 | 277 | |
| 1929 | — | #360 | 248 | |
| 1928 | — | #362 | 256 | |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #350 | 279 |
| 1926 | — | #325 | 310 | |
| 1925 | — | #325 | 312 | |
| 1924 | — | #315 | 333 | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #326 | 320 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | #343 | 297 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #305 | 353 |
| 1920 | — | #326 | 321 | |
| 1919 | — | #333 | 287 | |
| 1918 | — | #346 | 273 | |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #322 | 283 |
| 1916 | — | #312 | 278 | |
| 1915 | — | #282 | 307 | |
| 1914 | — | #331 | 192 | |
| 1913 | — | #302 | 172 | |
| 1912 | — | #328 | 132 | |
| 1911 | — | #340 | 64 | |
| 1910 | — | #311 | 63 | |
| 1909 | — | #330 | 49 | |
| 1908 | — | #307 | 51 | |
| 1907 | — | #313 | 46 | |
| 1906 | — | #253 | 61 | |
| 1905 | — | #270 | 53 | |
| 1904 | — | #300 | 42 | |
| 1903 | — | #282 | 44 | |
| 1902 | — | #285 | 44 | |
| 1901 | — | #259 | 44 | |
| 1900 | — | #301 | 48 | |
| 1899 | — | #246 | 46 | |
| 1898 | — | #268 | 44 | |
| 1897 | — | #297 | 38 | |
| 1896 | — | #296 | 39 | |
| 1895 | — | #301 | 36 | |
| 1894 | — | #256 | 46 | |
| 1893 | — | #241 | 51 | |
| 1892 | — | #270 | 44 | |
| 1891 | — | #318 | 28 | |
| 1890 | — | #299 | 33 | |
| 1889 | — | #271 | 38 | |
| 1888 | — | #256 | 47 | |
| 1887 | — | #340 | 23 | |
| 1886 | — | #272 | 39 | |
| 1885 | — | #248 | 44 | |
| 1884 | — | #218 | 57 | |
| 1883 | — | #263 | 38 | |
| 1882 | — | #248 | 46 | |
| 1881 | — | #224 | 45 | |
| 1880 | — | #241 | 47 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Marcus was already there! It came in at #241, and was given to 47 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 24 boys a year got the name.
Where Marcus is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Washington#160 · 1 in 1,067
- Florida#185 · 1 in 1,073
- Kentucky#185 · 1 in 1,232
- Georgia#190 · 1 in 1,375
- Iowa#231 · 1 in 2,006
Best ever in a state: #13 in Mississippi, 1983.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #160 | 7 | 1 in 1,067 |
| Florida | #185 | 7 | 1 in 1,073 |
| Kentucky | #185 | 16 | 1 in 1,232 |
| Georgia | #190 | 19 | 1 in 1,375 |
| Iowa | #231 | 9 | 1 in 2,006 |
| Oklahoma | #238 | 10 | 1 in 1,555 |
| Wisconsin | #241 | 9 | 1 in 2,229 |
| Virginia | #246 | 9 | 1 in 2,050 |
| Mississippi | #247 | 10 | 1 in 1,621 |
| South Carolina | #247 | 9 | 1 in 1,862 |
| Minnesota | #250 | 9 | 1 in 2,089 |
| Kansas | #254 | 6 | 1 in 2,197 |
| Tennessee | #259 | 9 | 1 in 2,077 |
| Indiana | #261 | 7 | 1 in 2,907 |
| Arkansas | #262 | 8 | 1 in 1,712 |
| North Carolina | #263 | 12 | 1 in 2,095 |
| Missouri | #265 | 11 | 1 in 2,237 |
| Alabama | #267 | 10 | 1 in 2,117 |
| California | #267 | 8 | 1 in 2,243 |
| Ohio | #308 | 10 | 1 in 4,061 |
| New York | #339 | 14 | 1 in 5,734 |
| Michigan | #357 | 6 | 1 in 4,596 |
| Pennsylvania | #366 | 10 | 1 in 7,337 |
| Illinois | #384 | 8 | 1 in 6,212 |
| Texas | #392 | 13 | 1 in 2,943 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 2 spots since 2024 (#256 → #258)
- 32 spots since 2020 (#226 → #258)
- 90 spots since 2015 (#168 → #258)
- Biggest jump: 84 spots in 1888 (#340 → #256)
- Biggest drop: 68 spots in 1887 (#272 → #340)
Rise & fade · boys
104 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1984 at #57 (5,996 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 27 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 31 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 31 yrs · run 1970–2000
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 301
- Highest: 1 in 301 boys born in 1984 were named Marcus (0.33%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,274 boys born in 2025 (0.08%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 21.4% of all boys named Marcus (51,807) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 424 | #218 (1884) | #258 |
| 1890s | 405 | #241 (1893) | #279 |
| 1900s | 482 | #253 (1906) | #290 |
| 1910s | 2,051 | #282 (1915) | #321 |
| 1920s | 3,029 | #305 (1921) | #334 |
| 1930s | 2,298 | #334 (1930) | #365 |
| 1940s | 3,266 | #315 (1949) | #349 |
| 1950s | 8,694 | #225 (1956) | #249 |
| 1960s | 14,545 | #138 (1969) | #192 |
| 1970s | 39,464 | #65 (1971) | #71 |
| 1980s | 51,807 | #57 (1984) | #64 |
| 1990s | 46,497 | #72 (1990) | #83 |
| 2000s | 35,673 | #99 (2000) | #114 |
| 2010s | 24,143 | #130 (2010) | #171 |
| 2020s | 8,879 | #226 (2020) | #242 |
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.
Marcus in 1916
boys
#312
278 births · 1 in 3,202 boys
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 3,202 of them was named Marcus, which outranked 93.1% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Marcus
Biggest movers since 1915
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.