first name
MARKO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,530 people named Marko, 71.5% reported their origin as White, 19% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.1% as Black. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Marko peaked in 2006, when 138 babies got the name.
At least 4,439 babies have been given the name since 1892. 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.
Marko by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #3,233. The largest share of babies named Marko, 35%, 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 Marko is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marko has been most common in Illinois (4.7×), California (2.9×), and New York (1.9×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.38×).
2,199 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.
Exactly as common as Marko
2 other first names also have 5,530 people.
Either side of Marko
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marko, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Marko ranks #11,763 of 156,621, with 2,547 people. See Marko as a last name
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