NameTides

Marek

Marek was the #2,604 boys' name in the US in 2025 (50 babies), and #2,664 in England & Wales and #1,642 in Canada.

Marek as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Marek as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Marek as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,604 (50)#2,664 (8)——#1,642 (13)
2024#2,476 (55)#1,758 (14)——#1,507 (14)
2023#2,480 (54)#2,161 (10)——#1,496 (13)
2022#2,060 (73)#1,782 (13)——#1,557 (12)
2021#2,225 (63)#1,329 (19)—#755 (3)#1,560 (12)
2020#2,113 (66)#2,228 (9)——#999 (22)
2019#2,150 (66)#1,369 (18)——#1,375 (14)
2018#1,617 (101)#1,455 (17)——#697 (36)
2017#1,725 (90)#1,470 (17)—#710 (3)#810 (30)
2016#1,539 (108)#1,157 (24)——#713 (36)
2015#1,491 (111)#1,586 (15)#686 (3)#615 (4)#923 (24)
2014#1,485 (109)#837 (36)—#715 (3)#620 (43)
2013#1,326 (129)#931 (31)#590 (4)—#476 (59)
2012#1,588 (99)#901 (33)#669 (3)#457 (7)#719 (33)
2011#1,484 (109)#1,251 (20)#648 (3)#387 (10)#518 (51)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2010 at #1,219.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1956.

How common is it?

about 1 in 34,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Marek is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 36,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 30,000 to 1 in 44,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Marek by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,831FL
Marek (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MarekCanadaBoys#1,64213
MarekEngland & WalesBoys#2,6648
MarekIrelandBoys—too few
MarekNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MarekScotlandBoys—too few
MarekUSGirls—too few
MarekUSBoys#2,60450