first name
MARC
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 125,342 people named Marc, 74.6% reported their origin as White, 10.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 9% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Marc peaked in 1970, when 5,034 babies got the name.
At least 141,137 babies have been given the name since 1901. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Marc by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #190. The largest share of babies named Marc, 36.5%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Marc is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marc has been most common in Rhode Island (3×), New Hampshire (2.8×), and Connecticut (2.3×), and least common in Mississippi (0.17×).
137,693 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Marc
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marc, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Marc ranks #17,433 of 156,621, with 1,585 people. See Marc as a last name
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