first name
MARKUS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 13,494 people named Markus, 51.8% reported their origin as White, 24.1% as Black and 13.6% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Markus peaked in 1994, when 396 babies got the name.
At least 14,947 babies have been given the name since 1915. 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.
Markus by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,187. The largest share of babies named Markus, 34.3%, 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 Markus is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Markus has been most common in Washington (1.9×), Arizona (1.9×), and California (1.6×), and least common in Connecticut (0.28×).
11,143 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 Markus
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Markus, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Markus ranks #9,010 of 156,621, with 3,485 people. See Markus as a last name
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