Mars
- #4,878 for girls in 2025, 27 births
- #1,609 for boys in 2025, 105 births
- Given to boys 86.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 154 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,320since 1923
Mars over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,878 | 27 | #1,609 | 105 |
| 2024 | #4,893 | 27 | #1,448 | 125 |
| 2023 | #4,047 | 36 | #1,253 | 154 |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 | #1,566 | 113 |
| 2021 | #4,507 | 30 | #1,306 | 144 |
| 2020 | #6,083 | 19 | #1,634 | 98 |
| 2019 | #5,986 | 20 | #1,737 | 90 |
| 2018 | #7,409 | 15 | #1,920 | 77 |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | #1,935 | 74 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #2,305 | 57 |
| 2015 | — | #3,882 | 27 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,234 | 34 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,463 | 21 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,807 | 27 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,994 | 25 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,036 | 14 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,802 | 12 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | #9,788 | 7 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,094 | 13 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,226 | 12 | |
| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
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| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
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| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
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| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
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| 1980 | — | #4,940 | 7 | |
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
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| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
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| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
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| 1943 | — | #3,538 | 5 | |
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| 1936 | — | #3,549 | 5 | |
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| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
| 1927 | — | #4,210 | 5 | |
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| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1923
The first year at least five boys were named Mars! It came in at #3,467, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1924–1927, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Mars is popular in 2025
- 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
- Missouri#869 · 1 in 5,562
- Illinois#1,023 · 1 in 7,079
- California#1,119 · 1 in 9,749
- Georgia#1,350 · 1 in 10,044
- Texas#1,652 · 1 in 17,505
Best ever in a state: #670 in Utah, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | #869 | 5 | 1 in 5,562 |
| Illinois | #1,023 | 7 | 1 in 7,079 |
| California | #1,119 | 18 | 1 in 9,749 |
| Georgia | #1,350 | 5 | 1 in 10,044 |
| Texas | #1,652 | 10 | 1 in 17,505 |
| Florida | #1,831 | 5 | 1 in 19,107 |
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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
- 161 spots since 2024 (#1,448 → #1,609)
- 25 spots since 2020 (#1,634 → #1,609)
Rise & fade · boys
100 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1923
- Peaked 2023 at #1,253 (154 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
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 11,108
- Highest: 1 in 11,108 boys born in 2023 were named Mars (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,267 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 56.0% of all boys named Mars (739) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 18 | #3,467 (1923) | #3,791 |
| 1930s | 5 | #3,549 (1936) | #3,549 |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,538 (1943) | #3,538 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 5 | #3,930 (1965) | #3,930 |
| 1970s | 12 | #3,963 (1972) | #5,010 |
| 1980s | 12 | #4,940 (1980) | #6,423 |
| 1990s | 6 | #7,971 (1996) | #7,971 |
| 2000s | 72 | #6,094 (2006) | #8,958 |
| 2010s | 446 | #1,737 (2019) | #3,331 |
| 2020s | 739 | #1,253 (2023) | #1,469 |
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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