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Mark

“Consecrated to the war god Mars” — Latin, via Middle English origin

Boy's name · #244 in the US (2025) · Retro

Mark has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #6 (1959) · 1,362,176 babies named Mark all-time · 1 in 1,200 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: #1 in Estonia (2024) · #1 in Slovenia (2025) · #8 in Finland (other-lang.) (2025) · #23 in Hungary (2025) · #51 in Poland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 48 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Marks

• Mark Twain — American author and humorist (1835–1910)
• Mark Zuckerberg — American Internet entrepreneur
• Mark Rutte — Secretary General of NATO since 2024 and former Prime Minister of the Netherlands (2010–2024)
• Mark Wahlberg — American actor (born 1971)
• Mark Antony — Roman politician and general (83 BC – 30 BC)

In stories & tradition

• Mark (Beast Boy) — Doom Patrol · DC Comics Presents
• Mark (Mr. Satan) — Dragon Ball Z · Dragon Ball Z Kai
• Mark Hoffman — Saw

What Marks become

Among 12,373 notable people named Mark:

Athletes appear 1.49× more often than among typical names — e.g. Mark Spitz, American Olympic swimmer (born 1950).

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