How rare is the name Marcos?

71,178 people in the United States have the first name Marcos, about 1 in 4,243. It ranks #720 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MARCOS

#720

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
71,178
About
1 in 4,243
This common or more
64.9%
Who bears it

Of the 71,178 people named Marcos, 91.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 6% as White and 1.2% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Marcos peaked in 2001, when 1,415 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18882025
Peak year
2001
Births that year
1,415
In 2025*
579 ▼59%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 53,742 babies have been given the name since 1888. 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.

Marcos by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #489. The largest share of babies named Marcos, 38%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#3,1215
1900s#3,08033
1910s#2,590209
1920s#2,030473
1930s#2,057399
1940s#1,938555
1950s#1,6231,062
1960s#1,1892,200
1970s#8124,625
1980s#6606,987
1990s#48911,856
2000s#49013,604
2010s#7818,030
2020s#1,0013,704
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–271.1%
Silent Generation 1928–451.4%
Baby boom 1946–644.2%
Generation X 1965–8012.1%
Millennials 1981–9626.5%
Generation Z 1997–1238%
2013 and later16.6%

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 Marcos is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marcos has been most common in New Mexico (5.5×), Arizona (4×), and California (3×), and least common in Louisiana (0.07×).

50,860 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 Marcos

#718 Maurice · 71,289#719 Monique · 71,263#721 Angie · 70,858#722 Sherri · 70,746

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marcos, most common first.

#301 Marcus · 184,054#11,251 Markos · 1,151#33,858 Marcis · 243#34,261 Marcas · 239

Also a last name

As a last name, Marcos ranks #6,234 of 156,621, with 5,263 people. See Marcos as a last name

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