NameTides

Marcus

Marcus was the #258 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,341 babies), and #267 in England & Wales and #111 in Canada.

Marcus as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Marcus as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaScotlandIrelandUSNorthern IrelandEngland & Wales
Marcus as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#258 (1,341)#267 (170)#140 (32)#270 (6)#232 (20)#111 (277)—#97 (79)
2024#256 (1,382)#233 (209)#176 (25)#144 (15)#220 (21)#124 (256)#93 (90)—
2023#250 (1,400)#235 (205)#129 (38)#200 (10)#172 (30)#129 (239)#97 (88)—
2022#235 (1,479)#230 (212)#135 (39)#311 (5)#219 (23)#110 (288)——
2021#228 (1,616)#247 (192)#117 (48)#176 (13)#249 (19)#123 (288)——
2020#226 (1,661)#240 (200)#152 (33)#270 (6)#307 (14)#101 (319)#83 (107)#97 (75)
2019#218 (1,722)#245 (203)#121 (48)#242 (8)#268 (17)#115 (314)#84 (108)#88 (91)
2018#209 (1,901)#236 (219)#134 (46)#151 (16)#231 (23)#87 (393)#88 (106)—
2017#194 (2,037)#255 (211)#111 (58)#214 (9)#162 (37)#85 (406)#84 (107)—
2016#183 (2,183)#205 (273)#127 (51)#216 (9)#196 (29)#71 (487)#86 (112)#92 (75)
2015#168 (2,481)#194 (297)#111 (59)#156 (17)#206 (27)#76 (477)#88 (108)#75 (82)
2014#157 (2,620)#216 (263)#130 (47)#213 (10)#175 (35)#80 (458)#65 (155)#66 (91)
2013#159 (2,536)#174 (321)#130 (46)#180 (13)#184 (34)#84 (450)#67 (155)#90 (76)
2012#149 (2,718)#167 (354)#117 (55)#142 (19)#182 (35)#78 (487)#58 (177)#63 (110)
2011#145 (2,814)#170 (338)#148 (40)#177 (14)#170 (40)#76 (476)#70 (145)#63 (105)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1984 at #57.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,300 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 610common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 570common

Next year

On its recent trend, Marcus is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 1,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Marcus by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #235WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #169NHWashington: #176WAIdaho: #302IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #191NDMinnesota: #338MNIllinois: #297ILMichigan: #241MINew York: #269NYMassachusetts: #173MAOregon: #170ORNevada: #201NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #379IAIndiana: #272INOhio: #287OHPennsylvania: #191PANew Jersey: #305NJConnecticut: #440CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #218CAUtah: #193UTColorado: #329CONebraska: #293NEMissouri: #207MOKentucky: #319KYWest Virginia: #299WVVirginia: #365VAMaryland: #243MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #221AZNew Mexico: #311NMKansas: #324KSArkansas: #284ARTennessee: #290TNNorth Carolina: #365NCSouth Carolina: #348SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #395OKLouisiana: #293LAMississippi: #189MSAlabama: #315ALGeorgia: #293GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #280TXFlorida: #250FL
Marcus (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#105116
Quebec2025#14842

Marcus (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MarcusCanadaBoys#111277
MarcusEngland & WalesBoys#267170
MarcusIrelandBoys#23220
MarcusNorthern IrelandBoys#2706
MarcusNSWBoys—too few
MarcusScotlandBoys#14032
MarcusUSGirls—too few
MarcusUSBoys#2581,341
MarcusVICBoys#9779