Mark
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · #244 for boys in 2025, 1,416 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1960 · 58,727 births
- Debut · boys
- 85 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 59 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,362,176since 1880
Mark over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #244 | 1,416 | |
| 2024 | — | #244 | 1,447 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #249 | 1,401 |
| 2022 | — | #247 | 1,434 | |
| 2021 | — | #252 | 1,408 | |
| 2020 | — | #235 | 1,552 | |
| 2019 | — | #223 | 1,685 | |
| 2018 | — | #210 | 1,874 | |
| 2017 | — | #203 | 1,948 | |
| 2016 | — | #195 | 2,066 | |
| 2015 | — | #196 | 2,078 | |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | #189 | 2,194 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #184 | 2,211 |
| 2012 | — | #176 | 2,204 | |
| 2011 | — | #159 | 2,433 | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #162 | 2,415 |
| 2009 | — | #153 | 2,578 | |
| 2008 | — | #139 | 2,916 | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #138 | 2,973 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #128 | 3,252 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | #114 | 3,529 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | #113 | 3,770 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #105 | 4,033 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | #93 | 4,222 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #84 | 4,754 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | #79 | 5,230 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #69 | 5,606 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | #64 | 5,893 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | #58 | 6,165 |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 | #55 | 6,599 |
| 1995 | #4,518 | 22 | #52 | 6,888 |
| 1994 | #4,521 | 22 | #48 | 7,488 |
| 1993 | #4,998 | 19 | #49 | 8,059 |
| 1992 | #4,849 | 20 | #49 | 8,745 |
| 1991 | #3,936 | 26 | #47 | 9,684 |
| 1990 | #2,695 | 43 | #47 | 10,689 |
| 1989 | #2,371 | 49 | #42 | 11,320 |
| 1988 | #1,564 | 84 | #39 | 11,715 |
| 1987 | #1,776 | 66 | #36 | 11,993 |
| 1986 | #1,484 | 84 | #35 | 12,615 |
| 1985 | #1,401 | 91 | #32 | 13,194 |
| 1984 | #1,535 | 74 | #32 | 13,214 |
| 1983 | #1,278 | 96 | #31 | 13,815 |
| 1982 | #1,302 | 97 | #32 | 13,865 |
| 1981 | #1,406 | 87 | #33 | 13,542 |
| 1980 | #1,502 | 79 | #30 | 14,169 |
| 1979 | #1,377 | 89 | #30 | 14,386 |
| 1978 | #1,314 | 91 | #26 | 14,851 |
| 1977 | #1,370 | 82 | #25 | 15,418 |
| 1976 | #1,384 | 77 | #25 | 15,508 |
| 1975 | #1,258 | 89 | #19 | 16,742 |
| 1974 | #1,063 | 111 | #16 | 18,905 |
| 1973 | #1,151 | 95 | #15 | 20,367 |
| 1972 | #1,280 | 80 | #18 | 21,490 |
| 1971 | #1,047 | 115 | #13 | 25,132 |
| 1970 | #929 | 138 | #9 | 31,461 |
| 1969 | #892 | 139 | #8 | 33,388 |
| 1968 | #804 | 157 | #7 | 35,401 |
| 1967 | #843 | 144 | #7 | 34,910 |
| 1966 | #900 | 125 | #7 | 34,801 |
| 1965 | #933 | 119 | #7 | 38,244 |
| 1964 | #969 | 119 | #6 | 45,261 |
| 1963 | #953 | 123 | #6 | 49,342 |
| 1962 | #934 | 129 | #6 | 53,520 |
| 1961 | #835 | 159 | #6 | 57,796 |
| 1960 | #920 | 133 | #6 | 58,727 |
| 1959 | #918 | 130 | #6 | 56,945 |
| 1958 | #973 | 113 | #7 | 52,698 |
| 1957 | #1,159 | 83 | #7 | 52,841 |
| 1956 | #1,129 | 84 | #8 | 48,828 |
| 1955 | #1,356 | 55 | #9 | 42,255 |
| 1954 | #1,422 | 50 | #12 | 36,198 |
| 1953 | #1,622 | 37 | #12 | 29,341 |
| 1952 | #1,540 | 39 | #17 | 25,678 |
| 1951 | #2,016 | 24 | #20 | 21,201 |
| 1950 | #1,679 | 31 | #23 | 16,604 |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 | #24 | 13,725 |
| 1948 | #2,589 | 15 | #29 | 10,267 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | #47 | 7,773 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 | #58 | 5,331 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | #72 | 3,545 |
| 1944 | — | #93 | 2,742 | |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 | #101 | 2,520 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #117 | 2,039 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #122 | 1,624 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #149 | 1,165 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #170 | 867 |
| 1938 | — | #166 | 902 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #176 | 809 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #182 | 712 |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | #174 | 788 |
| 1934 | #2,187 | 14 | #185 | 702 |
| 1933 | — | #180 | 693 | |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #185 | 716 |
| 1931 | #2,205 | 14 | #197 | 664 |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 | #220 | 591 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | #222 | 576 |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 | #209 | 652 |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 | #200 | 701 |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | #200 | 702 |
| 1925 | #2,119 | 18 | #211 | 651 |
| 1924 | #2,409 | 15 | #206 | 672 |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 | #203 | 659 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | #199 | 667 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | #211 | 626 |
| 1920 | #2,590 | 13 | #219 | 589 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 | #212 | 587 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | #205 | 627 |
| 1917 | #2,100 | 16 | #212 | 528 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #198 | 571 |
| 1915 | #2,050 | 15 | #204 | 529 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | #210 | 386 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | #192 | 349 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | #201 | 284 |
| 1911 | — | #207 | 142 | |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | #199 | 131 |
| 1909 | — | #212 | 101 | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | #257 | 67 |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | #199 | 97 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | #205 | 85 |
| 1905 | — | #189 | 94 | |
| 1904 | — | #165 | 113 | |
| 1903 | — | #195 | 81 | |
| 1902 | — | #167 | 104 | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | #163 | 92 |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | #151 | 137 |
| 1899 | — | #166 | 89 | |
| 1898 | — | #158 | 108 | |
| 1897 | — | #149 | 104 | |
| 1896 | — | #139 | 119 | |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | #151 | 102 |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | #179 | 84 |
| 1893 | — | #159 | 92 | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | #181 | 86 |
| 1891 | — | #152 | 86 | |
| 1890 | — | #169 | 83 | |
| 1889 | — | #144 | 101 | |
| 1888 | — | #135 | 115 | |
| 1887 | — | #166 | 76 | |
| 1886 | — | #128 | 106 | |
| 1885 | — | #176 | 74 | |
| 1884 | — | #144 | 96 | |
| 1883 | — | #140 | 91 | |
| 1882 | — | #153 | 90 | |
| 1881 | — | #127 | 94 | |
| 1880 | — | #160 | 85 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Mark was already there! It came in at #160, and was given to 85 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1905–1908, when fewer than 98 boys a year got the name.
Where Mark is popular in 1974
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#12 · 1 in 53
- Delaware#12 · 1 in 56
- Colorado#12 · 1 in 67
- New Mexico#12 · 1 in 70
- South Dakota#13 · 1 in 56
Best ever in a state: #2 in North Dakota, 1957.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | #12 | 272 | 1 in 67 |
| Delaware | #12 | 60 | 1 in 56 |
| Massachusetts | #12 | 646 | 1 in 53 |
| New Mexico | #12 | 129 | 1 in 70 |
| Illinois | #13 | 1,187 | 1 in 66 |
| South Dakota | #13 | 83 | 1 in 56 |
| Arkansas | #14 | 179 | 1 in 87 |
| Connecticut | #14 | 298 | 1 in 56 |
| Kentucky | #14 | 348 | 1 in 74 |
| North Dakota | #14 | 71 | 1 in 64 |
| Texas | #14 | 1,086 | 1 in 97 |
| Tennessee | #15 | 375 | 1 in 83 |
| Wyoming | #15 | 40 | 1 in 61 |
| Alaska | #16 | 37 | 1 in 72 |
| Indiana | #16 | 567 | 1 in 70 |
| Maine | #16 | 103 | 1 in 63 |
| Michigan | #16 | 939 | 1 in 68 |
| Minnesota | #16 | 466 | 1 in 57 |
| Ohio | #16 | 1,109 | 1 in 70 |
| Pennsylvania | #16 | 1,154 | 1 in 64 |
| Arizona | #17 | 214 | 1 in 84 |
| District of Columbia | #17 | 104 | 1 in 76 |
| Hawaii | #17 | 71 | 1 in 84 |
| Iowa | #17 | 295 | 1 in 65 |
| Louisiana | #17 | 268 | 1 in 110 |
| Missouri | #17 | 468 | 1 in 72 |
| Nebraska | #17 | 159 | 1 in 69 |
| Oklahoma | #17 | 219 | 1 in 85 |
| Vermont | #17 | 44 | 1 in 60 |
| Wisconsin | #17 | 504 | 1 in 61 |
| New Hampshire | #18 | 82 | 1 in 62 |
| New York | #18 | 1,378 | 1 in 83 |
| Rhode Island | #18 | 83 | 1 in 61 |
| Virginia | #18 | 407 | 1 in 77 |
| California | #19 | 1,650 | 1 in 91 |
| Florida | #19 | 542 | 1 in 93 |
| Kansas | #20 | 182 | 1 in 77 |
| Maryland | #20 | 269 | 1 in 77 |
| Montana | #20 | 74 | 1 in 69 |
| New Jersey | #20 | 548 | 1 in 78 |
| North Carolina | #20 | 430 | 1 in 90 |
| West Virginia | #20 | 163 | 1 in 79 |
| Washington | #21 | 279 | 1 in 82 |
| Georgia | #22 | 334 | 1 in 114 |
| Idaho | #22 | 83 | 1 in 77 |
| Nevada | #22 | 42 | 1 in 80 |
| Oregon | #22 | 177 | 1 in 85 |
| South Carolina | #22 | 187 | 1 in 111 |
| Alabama | #24 | 241 | 1 in 110 |
| Utah | #26 | 142 | 1 in 96 |
| Mississippi | #33 | 117 | 1 in 160 |
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 Mark
- Held #244 since 2024
- 9 spots since 2020 (#235 → #244)
- 48 spots since 2015 (#196 → #244)
- Biggest jump: 48 spots in 1886 (#176 → #128)
- Biggest drop: 58 spots in 1908 (#199 → #257)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1960 at #6 (58,727 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: 16 yrs · run 1955–1970
- Top 100: 59 yrs · run 1944–2002
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 36 boys born in 1960 were named Mark (2.8%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,206 boys born in 2025 (0.08%)
- 32.4% of all boys named Mark (441,390) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 928 | #127 (1881) | #147 |
| 1890s | 953 | #139 (1896) | #160 |
| 1900s | 971 | #151 (1900) | #190 |
| 1910s | 4,134 | #192 (1913) | #204 |
| 1920s | 6,495 | #199 (1922) | #208 |
| 1930s | 7,444 | #166 (1938) | #184 |
| 1940s | 50,731 | #24 (1949) | #81 |
| 1950s | 382,589 | #6 (1959) | #12 |
| 1960s | 441,390 | #6 (1960) | #7 |
| 1970s | 194,260 | #9 (1970) | #20 |
| 1980s | 129,442 | #30 (1980) | #34 |
| 1990s | 75,816 | #47 (1990) | #54 |
| 2000s | 37,257 | #79 (2000) | #115 |
| 2010s | 21,108 | #159 (2011) | #190 |
| 2020s | 8,658 | #235 (2020) | #245 |
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.
Mark in 1974
Top girls' names in 1974
Top boys' names in 1974
More about 1974
girls
1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 13,221 of them was named Mark, which outranked 89.6% 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).
- #1,054Nakisha112
- #1,054Shawanda112
- #1,054Sherie112
- #1,063Mark111
- #1,063Flora111
- #1,063Lashunda111
- #1,063Noreen111
- #1,070Angella110
- #1,070Cristal110
- #1,070Dorian110
Tied with 6 names at #1,063; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 83 of them was named Mark, which outranked 99.7% 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).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.