NameTides

Mark

Mark was the #244 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,416 babies), and #294 in England & Wales and #211 in Canada.

Mark as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Mark as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandScotlandCanadaNorthern IrelandUSEngland & Wales
Mark as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears 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 IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#244 (1,416)#294 (156)#190 (22)#237 (8)#99 (58)#211 (164)—
2024#244 (1,447)#277 (166)#169 (26)#177 (12)#94 (60)#189 (182)—
2023#249 (1,401)#266 (173)#267 (14)#232 (8)#75 (78)#200 (162)—
2022#247 (1,434)#246 (193)#236 (17)#207 (10)#121 (50)#255 (129)—
2021#252 (1,408)#241 (207)#221 (20)#226 (9)#115 (56)#269 (129)—
2020#235 (1,552)#241 (198)#249 (16)#231 (8)#92 (68)#266 (125)—
2019#223 (1,685)#238 (211)#161 (33)#185 (12)#94 (70)#252 (140)—
2018#210 (1,874)#253 (202)#187 (26)#178 (13)#83 (85)#243 (146)—
2017#203 (1,948)#247 (216)#204 (25)#114 (25)#60 (119)#211 (176)—
2016#195 (2,066)#256 (205)#153 (38)#131 (22)#72 (98)#219 (166)—
2015#196 (2,078)#245 (217)#143 (41)#102 (29)#65 (119)#230 (157)—
2014#189 (2,194)#218 (262)#150 (39)#105 (30)#65 (129)#174 (217)—
2013#184 (2,211)#215 (243)#113 (56)#69 (45)#57 (148)#189 (193)—
2012#176 (2,204)#214 (250)#96 (71)#79 (44)#48 (175)#184 (190)—
2011#159 (2,433)#198 (268)#89 (75)#90 (34)#50 (177)#187 (191)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1960 at #6.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,200 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 1,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 890common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 410common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 970common

Next year

On its recent trend, Mark is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,200 to 1 in 1,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mark by state, 2025Alaska: #110AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #570WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #172WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #152NDMinnesota: #275MNIllinois: #143ILMichigan: #259MINew York: #181NYMassachusetts: #202MAOregon: #398ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #257SDIowa: #331IAIndiana: #254INOhio: #212OHPennsylvania: #210PANew Jersey: #189NJConnecticut: #296CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #195CAUtah: #316UTColorado: #305CONebraska: #266NEMissouri: #368MOKentucky: #305KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #303VAMaryland: #285MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #308AZNew Mexico: #311NMKansas: #265KSArkansas: #398ARTennessee: #359TNNorth Carolina: #330NCSouth Carolina: #275SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #293OKLouisiana: #162LAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: #450ALGeorgia: #302GAHawaii: #180HITexas: #284TXFlorida: #218FL
Mark (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#18075
Quebec2025#27518

Mark (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
MarkCanadaBoys#211164
MarkEngland & WalesBoys#294156
Mark-England & WalesBoys—too few
MarkIrelandBoys#9958
MarkNorthern IrelandBoys#2378
MarkNSWBoys—too few
MarkScotlandBoys#19022
MarkUSGirls—too few
MarkUSBoys#2441,416