first name
MAREK
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 7,203 people named Marek, 92.6% reported their origin as White, 3% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.5% as two or more races. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Marek peaked in 2007, when 148 babies got the name.
At least 3,141 babies have been given the name since 1956. 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.
Marek by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #3,407. The largest share of babies named Marek, 44.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Marek is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marek has been most common in Colorado (7.1×), Illinois (3.6×), and Minnesota (3.2×), and least common in Ohio (0.55×).
1,330 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 Marek
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marek, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Marek ranks #4,789 of 156,621, with 7,160 people. See Marek as a last name
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