first name
MARK
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 1,135,541 people named Mark, 85% reported their origin as White, 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 5% 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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Mark peaked in 1960, when 58,860 babies got the name.
At least 1,366,672 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Mark by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #7. The largest share of babies named Mark, 50.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Mark is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mark has been most common in Minnesota (1.5×), Wisconsin (1.5×), and Delaware (1.5×), and least common in Mississippi (0.45×).
1,359,767 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 Mark
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mark, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Mark ranks #2,571 of 156,621, with 13,732 people. See Mark as a last name
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