Marek

Last seen for girls in 2007 at #17,636 · #2,604 for boys in 2025, 50 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
2010 · 145 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,136
since 1956

Marek over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Marek has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202014peak #1,219, 2010boys
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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
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,60450
2024—#2,47655
2023—#2,48054
2022—#2,06073
2021—#2,22563
2020—#2,11366
2019—#2,15066
2018—#1,617101
2017—#1,72590
2016—#1,539108
2015—#1,491111
2014—#1,485109
2013—#1,326129
2012—#1,58899
2011—#1,484109
2010—#1,219145
2009—#1,266139
2008—#1,334129
2007#17,6365#1,229143
2006—#1,339122
2005—#1,411104
2004—#1,414100
2003—#1,81565
2002—#1,85161
2001—#2,11749
2000—#2,57836
1999—#2,46236
1998—#2,59932
1997—#2,54631
1996—#2,44132
1995—#2,40032
1994—#1,92743
1993—#2,94323
1992—#2,83424
1991—#2,75324
1990—#3,77915
1989—#2,06834
1988—#2,36725
1987—#2,55921
1986—#2,22625
1985—#3,40113
1984—#2,36421
1983—#2,40820
1982—#2,70917
1981—#2,20423
1980—#2,44420
1979—#2,37920
1978—#3,21512
1977—#2,45818
1976—#2,70915
1975—#2,75114
1974—#2,54915
1973—#2,40516
1972—#3,15210
1971—#2,97311
1970—#2,29316
1969—#2,41513
1968—#1,78820
1967—#2,24213
1966—#3,5376
1965—#2,9828
1964—#2,66510
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1962—#2,8489
1961—#3,3567
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1959—#3,9885
1958—#3,5596
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1956—#3,9425
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First appearance
1956

The first year at least five boys were named Marek! It came in at #3,942, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1956–1957, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Marek is popular in 2014

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedNHWashington: #932 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,261 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #486 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,113 boysMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedWIMichigan: #731 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,429 boysMINew York: #1,291 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 12,842 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,386 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 17,792 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedUTColorado: #770 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,459 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Marek, so not publishedHITexas: #1,578 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 20,728 boysTXFlorida: #1,476 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 16,002 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Minnesota#486 · 1 in 3,113
  2. Michigan#731 · 1 in 5,429
  3. Colorado#770 · 1 in 5,459
  4. Washington#932 · 1 in 7,261
  5. New York#1,291 · 1 in 12,842

Best ever in a state: #371 in Colorado, 2009.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#48691 in 3,113
Michigan#73191 in 5,429
Colorado#77051 in 5,459
Washington#93251 in 7,261
New York#1,29181 in 12,842
California#1,386131 in 17,792
Florida#1,47661 in 16,002
Texas#1,57891 in 20,728
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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 Marek
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 128 spots since 2024 (#2,476 → #2,604)
  • 491 spots since 2020 (#2,113 → #2,604)
  • 1,113 spots since 2015 (#1,491 → #2,604)
Rise & fade · boys
54 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1956
  • Peaked 2010 at #1,219 (145 births)
  • Births halved by 2019, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,232
  • Highest: 1 in 13,232 boys born in 2010 were named Marek (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 34,162 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 34.0% of all boys named Marek (1,067) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s16#3,559 (1958)#3,830
1960s86#1,788 (1968)#2,729
1970s147#2,293 (1970)#2,688
1980s219#2,068 (1989)#2,475
1990s292#1,927 (1994)#2,668
2000s948#1,229 (2007)#1,635
2010s1,067#1,219 (2010)#1,562
2020s361#2,060 (2022)#2,326

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.

Marek in 2014

boys
#1,485
109 births · 1 in 17,623 boys

Top boys' names in 2014

  1. #1Noah19,344
  2. #2Liam18,488
  3. #3Mason17,225
  4. #4Jacob16,923
  5. #5William16,851
  6. #6Ethan15,749
  7. #7Michael15,505
  8. #8Alexander15,449
  9. #9James14,464
  10. #10Daniel13,961
  11. #1,485Marek109
More about 2014

boys

1,920,871 boys got a published name in 2014; 1 in 17,623 of them was named Marek, which outranked 89.5% of the 14,081 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marek
  1. #1,473Ryley110
  2. #1,473Trevon110
  3. #1,473Veer110
  4. #1,485Marek109
  5. #1,485Ansel109
  6. #1,485Axle109
  7. #1,485Ervin109
  8. #1,492Angus108
  9. #1,492Bernardo108
  10. #1,492Dewayne108

Tied with 6 names at #1,485; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2013
Risers
  1. ↑ 645Bode#1,427 → #782
  2. ↑ 624Axl#1,459 → #835
  3. ↑ 427Gannon#841 → #414
  4. ↑ 326Bodie#1,305 → #979
  5. ↑ 316Royal#886 → #570
Fallers
  1. ↓ 291Bently#897 → #1,188
  2. ↓ 261Damion#849 → #1,110
  3. ↓ 249Amare#598 → #847
  4. ↓ 241Isiah#816 → #1,057
  5. ↓ 241Jesiah#999 → #1,240

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

See the top 100 for 2014 →