Marcus

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: German

Meaning

Marcus is a masculine given name of Ancient Roman pre-Christian origin derived either from Etruscan Marce of unknown meaning or referring to the god Mars. Mars was identified as the Roman god of war.

From Wikipedia

Marcus first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1967 with 914 babies (rank #30 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Marcus

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

14,303
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
914
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
1955120#123
1956144#109
1957201#92
1958215#88
1959269#78
1960337#71
1961423#64
1962490#50
1963625#43
1964762#36
1965824#34
1966871#34
1967914#30
1968789#37
1969749#42
1970626#46
1971647#44
1972516#51
1973406#57
1974317#68
1975268#70
1976239#79
1977226#80
1978175#107
1979193#97
1980161#123
1981158#121
1982154#123
1983174#111
1984175#112
1985159#121
1986151#126
1987119#155
1988102#173
1989114#162
1990118#161
1991101#188
199288#206
1993103#182
199468#258
199575#238
199682#223
199749#332
199861#290
199954#324
200056#319
200155#312
200247#351
200336#404
200443#360
200540#365
200640#350
200757#266
200856#265
200945#313
201046#292
201150#277
201250#264
201340#305
201430#355