Markus
#1,333 for boys in 2025, 144 births
- Peak · boys
- 1990 · 386 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 14,947since 1915
Markus over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Markus has never cracked the top 400 here.
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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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| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,333 | 144 |
| 2024 | #1,220 | 165 |
| 2023 | #1,346 | 140 |
| 2022 | #1,269 | 152 |
| 2021 | #1,125 | 181 |
| 2020 | #1,209 | 156 |
| 2019 | #1,098 | 181 |
| 2018 | #979 | 212 |
| 2017 | #929 | 225 |
| 2016 | #849 | 264 |
| 2015 | #864 | 261 |
| 2014 | #732 | 327 |
| 2013 | #797 | 279 |
| 2012 | #825 | 265 |
| 2011 | #684 | 345 |
| 2010 | #681 | 347 |
| 2009 | #639 | 392 |
| 2008 | #680 | 355 |
| 2007 | #685 | 346 |
| 2006 | #634 | 370 |
| 2005 | #707 | 289 |
| 2004 | #634 | 332 |
| 2003 | #655 | 302 |
| 2002 | #652 | 288 |
| 2001 | #661 | 277 |
| 2000 | #624 | 300 |
| 1999 | #604 | 305 |
| 1998 | #631 | 286 |
| 1997 | #568 | 330 |
| 1996 | #588 | 306 |
| 1995 | #543 | 350 |
| 1994 | #508 | 396 |
| 1993 | #530 | 375 |
| 1992 | #514 | 390 |
| 1991 | #530 | 363 |
| 1990 | #495 | 386 |
| 1989 | #543 | 317 |
| 1988 | #528 | 299 |
| 1987 | #557 | 266 |
| 1986 | #577 | 236 |
| 1985 | #635 | 192 |
| 1984 | #599 | 201 |
| 1983 | #645 | 177 |
| 1982 | #681 | 163 |
| 1981 | #710 | 148 |
| 1980 | #749 | 137 |
| 1979 | #702 | 148 |
| 1978 | #658 | 163 |
| 1977 | #732 | 136 |
| 1976 | #722 | 134 |
| 1975 | #725 | 130 |
| 1974 | #728 | 125 |
| 1973 | #765 | 109 |
| 1972 | #813 | 97 |
| 1971 | #748 | 119 |
| 1970 | #750 | 120 |
| 1969 | #766 | 104 |
| 1968 | #788 | 88 |
| 1967 | #786 | 86 |
| 1966 | #819 | 79 |
| 1965 | #881 | 69 |
| 1964 | #936 | 66 |
| 1963 | #906 | 68 |
| 1962 | #1,147 | 45 |
| 1961 | #958 | 64 |
| 1960 | #1,021 | 56 |
| 1959 | #1,156 | 45 |
| 1958 | #1,071 | 51 |
| 1957 | #1,345 | 34 |
| 1956 | #1,317 | 34 |
| 1955 | #1,458 | 28 |
| 1954 | #1,382 | 30 |
| 1953 | #1,709 | 20 |
| 1952 | #1,856 | 17 |
| 1951 | #1,725 | 19 |
| 1950 | #2,111 | 13 |
| 1949 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #2,498 | 10 |
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| 1944 | #3,430 | 5 |
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| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
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| 1939 | #3,480 | 5 |
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| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
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| 1932 | #2,849 | 8 |
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| 1930 | #4,001 | 5 |
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| 1928 | #3,697 | 6 |
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| 1926 | #2,725 | 10 |
| 1925 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #3,532 | 7 |
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| 1920 | #2,765 | 10 |
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| 1916 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | #3,082 | 7 |
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First appearance
1915
The first year at least five boys were named Markus! It came in at #3,082, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1919, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Markus is popular in 1991
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- District of Columbia#207 · 1 in 988
- Mississippi#287 · 1 in 1,861
- Ohio#299 · 1 in 2,949
- Arkansas#322 · 1 in 2,493
- Alabama#347 · 1 in 2,932
Best ever in a state: #168 in West Virginia, 1992.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #207 | 8 | 1 in 988 |
| Mississippi | #287 | 9 | 1 in 1,861 |
| Ohio | #299 | 27 | 1 in 2,949 |
| Arkansas | #322 | 6 | 1 in 2,493 |
| Alabama | #347 | 9 | 1 in 2,932 |
| Arizona | #373 | 10 | 1 in 3,040 |
| Washington | #384 | 10 | 1 in 3,598 |
| Tennessee | #387 | 9 | 1 in 3,929 |
| Kentucky | #389 | 5 | 1 in 4,951 |
| Missouri | #395 | 9 | 1 in 4,141 |
| Indiana | #409 | 9 | 1 in 4,440 |
| Massachusetts | #414 | 7 | 1 in 5,932 |
| Minnesota | #422 | 5 | 1 in 6,188 |
| Oklahoma | #431 | 5 | 1 in 4,135 |
| Illinois | #435 | 22 | 1 in 3,977 |
| South Carolina | #448 | 6 | 1 in 3,876 |
| North Carolina | #461 | 10 | 1 in 4,605 |
| Maryland | #479 | 6 | 1 in 5,449 |
| Louisiana | #490 | 8 | 1 in 3,873 |
| Virginia | #497 | 8 | 1 in 5,260 |
| Michigan | #503 | 12 | 1 in 5,724 |
| Florida | #504 | 18 | 1 in 4,946 |
| Pennsylvania | #516 | 11 | 1 in 7,296 |
| Georgia | #521 | 10 | 1 in 4,865 |
| California | #549 | 45 | 1 in 6,397 |
| Texas | #628 | 23 | 1 in 6,664 |
| New York | #702 | 15 | 1 in 8,961 |
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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
- 113 spots since 2024 (#1,220 → #1,333)
- 124 spots since 2020 (#1,209 → #1,333)
- 469 spots since 2015 (#864 → #1,333)
- Biggest jump: 241 spots in 1963 (#1,147 → #906)
- Biggest drop: 189 spots in 1962 (#958 → #1,147)
Rise & fade · boys
75 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1990 at #495 (386 births)
- Births halved by 2019, 29 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 57 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1963–2018
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,879
- Highest: 1 in 4,879 boys born in 1994 were named Markus (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,862 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #495 in 1990, was only 1 in 5,321 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 23.3% of all boys named Markus (3,487) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 16 | #2,730 (1916) | #2,906 |
| 1920s | 56 | #2,641 (1924) | #3,275 |
| 1930s | 23 | #2,849 (1932) | #3,470 |
| 1940s | 37 | #2,498 (1947) | #2,965 |
| 1950s | 291 | #1,071 (1958) | #1,513 |
| 1960s | 725 | #766 (1969) | #901 |
| 1970s | 1,281 | #658 (1978) | #734 |
| 1980s | 2,136 | #528 (1988) | #622 |
| 1990s | 3,487 | #495 (1990) | #551 |
| 2000s | 3,251 | #624 (2000) | #657 |
| 2010s | 2,706 | #681 (2010) | #844 |
| 2020s | 938 | #1,125 (2021) | #1,250 |
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.
Markus in 1991
boys
#530
363 births · 1 in 5,566 boys
Top boys' names in 1991
More about 1991
boys
2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 5,566 of them was named Markus, which outranked 94.5% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).