Mark

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: German

Meaning

Mark is a common male name and is related to the Latin word Mars. It means "consecrated to the god Mars", and also may mean "God of war" or "to be warlike". Marcus was one of the three most common Roman given names.

From Wikipedia

Mark first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 54 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1961 with 2,721 babies (rank #3 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Mark

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Mark yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

57,289
Total babies (all years)
54
Years in the data
2,721
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1952475#27
1953610#13
1954729#10
1955841#9
19561,225#7
19571,395#6
19581,513#6
19591,754#3
19602,611#2
19612,721#3
19622,607#4
19632,527#4
19642,220#4
19652,074#4
19661,984#5
19671,878#5
19682,020#4
19691,969#4
19701,858#6
19711,958#5
19721,652#7
19731,562#6
19741,530#6
19751,285#9
19761,225#9
19771,160#9
19781,265#8
19791,126#9
19801,112#10
19811,132#11
19821,025#13
1983904#17
1984866#16
1985793#18
1986673#23
1987672#22
1988540#28
1989504#28
1990518#30
1991425#37
1992374#44
1993362#48
1994296#53
1995262#60
1996252#60
1997236#61
1998181#77
1999185#74
200095#97
200195#97
20146#249
20152#670
20162#695
20173#468