Mark

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

Boy's name · #245 in the US (2025) · Retro

Mark reached its best rank, #6, in 1959 and ranked #245 in 2025. Roughly 1.4 million boys have been named Mark since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Mark's short forms are Markie and Marko.

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 12,487 notable people named Mark:

Sports figures appear 1.5× more often than among typical names — e.g. Mark Spitz, American Olympic swimmer (born 1950).

Similar names: Marc · Timothy · Mario · Patrick · Richard · Shawn

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