Popularity of the name Mark, 1880–2025
Mark was at its most popular in 1960, when 58,727 boys were given the name: about 1 in 36 boys born in the U.S. that year, ranking #6. In 2025, 1,416 boys were named Mark, ranking #244. In all, Social Security counts 1,362,176 boys named Mark since 1880. Social Security’s records also list 4,496 girls named Mark.
- Peak year
- 1960
- Rank in 1960
- #6
- Babies in 1960
- 58,727
- Rank in 2025
- #244
- Total since 1880
- 1,362,176
Where it stands now
In the past decade the name slipped from #196 in 2015 to #244 in 2025: 2,078 boys got it in 2015, and 1,416 in 2025.
Decade by decade
Its best decade was the 1960s, when 441,390 boys were named Mark, #6 for the decade. It ranked #145 in the 1880s and #239 in the 2020s so far.
Every 20 years in the records: 85 in 1880 (#160), 137 in 1900 (#151), 589 in 1920 (#219), 1,165 in 1940 (#149), 58,727 in 1960 (#6), 14,169 in 1980 (#30), 5,230 in 2000 (#79) and 1,552 in 2020 (#235).
Highs and lows
The most boys given the name in a single year was 58,727, in 1960. Its best rank in any year was #6, first reached in 1959.
Every year
The table lists every year from 1880 to 2025 in which Social Security recorded at least 5 boys named Mark, with the name’s rank that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 85 | #160 |
| 1881 | 94 | #127 |
| 1882 | 90 | #153 |
| 1883 | 91 | #140 |
| 1884 | 96 | #144 |
| 1885 | 74 | #176 |
| 1886 | 106 | #128 |
| 1887 | 76 | #166 |
| 1888 | 115 | #135 |
| 1889 | 101 | #144 |
| 1890 | 83 | #169 |
| 1891 | 86 | #152 |
| 1892 | 86 | #181 |
| 1893 | 92 | #159 |
| 1894 | 84 | #179 |
| 1895 | 102 | #151 |
| 1896 | 119 | #139 |
| 1897 | 104 | #149 |
| 1898 | 108 | #158 |
| 1899 | 89 | #166 |
| 1900 | 137 | #151 |
| 1901 | 92 | #163 |
| 1902 | 104 | #167 |
| 1903 | 81 | #195 |
| 1904 | 113 | #165 |
| 1905 | 94 | #189 |
| 1906 | 85 | #205 |
| 1907 | 97 | #199 |
| 1908 | 67 | #257 |
| 1909 | 101 | #212 |
| 1910 | 131 | #199 |
| 1911 | 142 | #207 |
| 1912 | 284 | #201 |
| 1913 | 349 | #192 |
| 1914 | 386 | #210 |
| 1915 | 529 | #204 |
| 1916 | 571 | #198 |
| 1917 | 528 | #212 |
| 1918 | 627 | #205 |
| 1919 | 587 | #212 |
| 1920 | 589 | #219 |
| 1921 | 626 | #211 |
| 1922 | 667 | #199 |
| 1923 | 659 | #203 |
| 1924 | 672 | #206 |
| 1925 | 651 | #211 |
| 1926 | 702 | #200 |
| 1927 | 701 | #200 |
| 1928 | 652 | #209 |
| 1929 | 576 | #222 |
| 1930 | 591 | #220 |
| 1931 | 664 | #197 |
| 1932 | 716 | #185 |
| 1933 | 693 | #180 |
| 1934 | 702 | #185 |
| 1935 | 788 | #174 |
| 1936 | 712 | #182 |
| 1937 | 809 | #176 |
| 1938 | 902 | #166 |
| 1939 | 867 | #170 |
| 1940 | 1,165 | #149 |
| 1941 | 1,624 | #122 |
| 1942 | 2,039 | #117 |
| 1943 | 2,520 | #101 |
| 1944 | 2,742 | #93 |
| 1945 | 3,545 | #72 |
| 1946 | 5,331 | #58 |
| 1947 | 7,773 | #47 |
| 1948 | 10,267 | #29 |
| 1949 | 13,725 | #24 |
| 1950 | 16,604 | #23 |
| 1951 | 21,201 | #20 |
| 1952 | 25,678 | #17 |
| 1953 | 29,341 | #12 |
| 1954 | 36,198 | #12 |
| 1955 | 42,255 | #9 |
| 1956 | 48,828 | #8 |
| 1957 | 52,841 | #7 |
| 1958 | 52,698 | #7 |
| 1959 | 56,945 | #6 |
| 1960 | 58,727 | #6 |
| 1961 | 57,796 | #6 |
| 1962 | 53,520 | #6 |
| 1963 | 49,342 | #6 |
| 1964 | 45,261 | #6 |
| 1965 | 38,244 | #7 |
| 1966 | 34,801 | #7 |
| 1967 | 34,910 | #7 |
| 1968 | 35,401 | #7 |
| 1969 | 33,388 | #8 |
| 1970 | 31,461 | #9 |
| 1971 | 25,132 | #13 |
| 1972 | 21,490 | #18 |
| 1973 | 20,367 | #15 |
| 1974 | 18,905 | #16 |
| 1975 | 16,742 | #19 |
| 1976 | 15,508 | #25 |
| 1977 | 15,418 | #25 |
| 1978 | 14,851 | #26 |
| 1979 | 14,386 | #30 |
| 1980 | 14,169 | #30 |
| 1981 | 13,542 | #33 |
| 1982 | 13,865 | #32 |
| 1983 | 13,815 | #31 |
| 1984 | 13,214 | #32 |
| 1985 | 13,194 | #32 |
| 1986 | 12,615 | #35 |
| 1987 | 11,993 | #36 |
| 1988 | 11,715 | #39 |
| 1989 | 11,320 | #42 |
| 1990 | 10,689 | #47 |
| 1991 | 9,684 | #47 |
| 1992 | 8,745 | #49 |
| 1993 | 8,059 | #49 |
| 1994 | 7,488 | #48 |
| 1995 | 6,888 | #52 |
| 1996 | 6,599 | #55 |
| 1997 | 6,165 | #58 |
| 1998 | 5,893 | #64 |
| 1999 | 5,606 | #69 |
| 2000 | 5,230 | #79 |
| 2001 | 4,754 | #84 |
| 2002 | 4,222 | #93 |
| 2003 | 4,033 | #105 |
| 2004 | 3,770 | #113 |
| 2005 | 3,529 | #114 |
| 2006 | 3,252 | #128 |
| 2007 | 2,973 | #138 |
| 2008 | 2,916 | #139 |
| 2009 | 2,578 | #153 |
| 2010 | 2,415 | #162 |
| 2011 | 2,433 | #159 |
| 2012 | 2,204 | #176 |
| 2013 | 2,211 | #184 |
| 2014 | 2,194 | #189 |
| 2015 | 2,078 | #196 |
| 2016 | 2,066 | #195 |
| 2017 | 1,948 | #203 |
| 2018 | 1,874 | #210 |
| 2019 | 1,685 | #223 |
| 2020 | 1,552 | #235 |
| 2021 | 1,408 | #252 |
| 2022 | 1,434 | #247 |
| 2023 | 1,401 | #249 |
| 2024 | 1,447 | #244 |
| 2025 | 1,416 | #244 |
How these numbers are counted
Social Security publishes, for every year since 1880, how many babies of each sex were given each name, counting any name given to at least 5. A name’s rank is its place that year among names for the same sex, by number of babies. Names with the same count share a rank here, while Social Security’s own lists break ties alphabetically, so a rank can differ from theirs by a place or two. A name’s share is the number of babies given it divided by all babies of that sex in the data that year, and its peak is the year that share was highest. Shares rather than counts set the peak, because far more babies were born in some years than others: counting babies alone would pull nearly every name’s peak toward the 1946–1964 baby boom.
Source: the U.S. Social Security Administration’s national baby name data, from Social Security card applications for babies born in the U.S. A name is left out of a year when fewer than 5 babies of one sex got it, and counts before about 1937 are incomplete, because many people born then never applied for a card. See how Baby Boom builds its data. Figures may contain errors.