Baby Boy Names - Mark

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The name Mark is a variation of Marcus. The table below indicates the number of times the name Mark has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Mark**
Use of the Name Mark for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
1,315,690	1,115,149	226,771	52,923	21,833	7,691	3,690

The table below indicates the number of times the name Mark has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Mark**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	160	86
1881	129	94
1882	155	90
1883	137	92
1884	144	96
1885	178	74
1886	130	106
1887	167	76
1888	133	116
1889	146	101
1890	169	83
1891	155	86
1892	182	86
1893	159	92
1894	181	84
1895	154	102
1896	138	120
1897	149	104
1898	157	109
1899	166	89
1900	150	141
1901	162	94
1902	169	104
1903	196	81
1904	165	113
1905	189	94
1906	210	85
1907	200	97
1908	255	69
1909	214	101
1910	199	131
1911	206	143
1912	201	284
1913	194	349
1914	210	385
1915	205	528
1916	200	572
1917	213	531
1918	205	628
1919	211	591
1920	219	590
1921	212	629
1922	199	670
1923	203	665
1924	207	671
1925	213	647
1926	199	703
1927	200	700
1928	209	653
1929	222	576
1930	218	594
1931	196	667
1932	187	711
1933	180	699
1934	185	704
1935	174	787
1936	182	714
1937	176	811
1938	166	908
1939	170	869
1940	149	1,163
1941	122	1,628
1942	117	2,051
1943	101	2,502
1944	93	2,737
1945	72	3,547
1946	58	5,330
1947	47	7,761
1948	29	10,269
1949	24	13,696
1950	23	16,623
1951	20	21,134
1952	17	25,680
1953	12	29,273
1954	12	36,172
1955	9	42,188
1956	8	48,740
1957	7	52,768
1958	7	52,582	971	114
1959	6	56,877	933	126
1960	6	58,692	918	134
1961	6	57,674	836	159
1962	6	53,477	935	129
1963	6	49,318	958	122
1964	6	45,254	972	119
1965	7	38,265	928	120
1966	7	34,789	899	126
1967	7	34,910	848	142
1968	7	35,398	804	158
1969	8	33,402	888	140
1970	9	31,439	930	138
1971	13	25,090
1972	18	21,506
1973	15	20,337
1974	16	18,883
1975	19	16,722
1976	25	15,490
1977	25	15,407
1978	26	14,815
1979	30	14,355
1980	31	14,137
1981	33	13,529
1982	32	13,843
1983	31	13,782
1984	32	13,187
1985	32	13,173
1986	35	12,589
1987	36	11,986
1988	39	11,690
1989	42	11,315
1990	46	10,676
1991	47	9,671
1992	49	8,737
1993	49	8,050
1994	48	7,483
1995	52	6,871
1996	55	6,585
1997	58	6,158
1998	64	5,878
1999	69	5,598
2000	79	5,213
2001	84	4,727
2002	93	4,202
2003	105	4,001
2004	113	3,690
Totals:		1,315,690		1,727

During the last 125 years, parents have used Mark as a boy's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a girl's name.

See the Social Security card applications information for qualifiers about the data shown on this page.

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Baby Boy Names - Mark

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