Markis
- #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · boys
- 1990 · 37 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 911since 1970
Markis over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Markis has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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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 | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #8,067 | 9 |
| 2019 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #5,789 | 15 |
| 2015 | #6,676 | 12 |
| 2014 | #4,392 | 22 |
| 2013 | #4,621 | 20 |
| 2012 | #4,862 | 19 |
| 2011 | #3,434 | 31 |
| 2010 | #5,251 | 17 |
| 2009 | #4,582 | 21 |
| 2008 | #3,165 | 36 |
| 2007 | #3,591 | 29 |
| 2006 | #3,782 | 26 |
| 2005 | #3,941 | 23 |
| 2004 | #4,602 | 18 |
| 2003 | #4,276 | 19 |
| 2002 | #5,395 | 13 |
| 2001 | #3,512 | 24 |
| 2000 | #3,922 | 20 |
| 1999 | #3,182 | 25 |
| 1998 | #2,711 | 30 |
| 1997 | #3,064 | 24 |
| 1996 | #3,107 | 23 |
| 1995 | #2,626 | 28 |
| 1994 | #2,766 | 26 |
| 1993 | #2,209 | 35 |
| 1992 | #2,362 | 31 |
| 1991 | #2,095 | 35 |
| 1990 | #2,012 | 37 |
| 1989 | #2,902 | 21 |
| 1988 | #2,146 | 29 |
| 1987 | #2,559 | 21 |
| 1986 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #2,942 | 16 |
| 1984 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #2,676 | 17 |
| 1982 | #3,692 | 11 |
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| 1980 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #3,246 | 11 |
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| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
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First appearance
1970
The first year at least five boys were named Markis! It came in at #4,724, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1970–1974, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Markis is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Markis in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Markis
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,647 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #9,714)
- 3,038 spots since 2015 (#6,676 → #9,714)
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1990 at #2,012 (37 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 12 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 55,515
- Highest: 1 in 55,515 boys born in 1990 were named Markis (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 32.3% of all boys named Markis (294) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 50 | #3,246 (1975) | #4,136 |
| 1980s | 150 | #2,146 (1988) | #3,078 |
| 1990s | 294 | #2,012 (1990) | #2,613 |
| 2000s | 229 | #3,165 (2008) | #4,077 |
| 2010s | 155 | #3,434 (2011) | #6,654 |
| 2020s | 33 | #7,768 (2022) | #8,816 |
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.
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