NameTides

Mars

Mars was the #1,609 boys' name in the US in 2025 (105 babies), and #2,133 in England & Wales.

Mars as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Mars as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Mars as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#1,609 (105)#2,133 (11)—
2024#1,448 (125)#2,264 (10)#3,072 (5)
2023#1,253 (154)#3,524 (5)#2,336 (7)
2022#1,566 (113)#4,790 (3)—
2021#1,306 (144)#3,017 (6)#2,491 (6)
2020#1,634 (98)—#2,746 (5)
2019#1,737 (90)#3,013 (6)#2,756 (5)
2018#1,920 (77)#3,959 (4)#1,682 (10)
2017#1,935 (74)#3,040 (6)#2,439 (6)
2016#2,305 (57)——
2015#3,882 (27)——
2014#3,234 (34)—#2,667 (5)
2013#4,463 (21)——
2012#3,807 (27)——
2011#3,994 (25)——

Mars as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Mars as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020US
Mars as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#4,878 (27)——
2024#4,893 (27)——
2023#4,047 (36)——
2022#7,281 (15)——
2021#4,507 (30)#5,581 (3)—
2020#6,083 (19)—#3,251 (5)
2019#5,986 (20)——
2018#7,409 (15)——
2017#12,713 (7)——
2016#14,331 (6)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #1,253.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1923.
  • In 2025, 21% of US babies named Mars were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 16,000 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 16,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 25,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 59,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Mars is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 22,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mars 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: #1,023ILMichigan: 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: #1,119CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: 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: #1,350GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,652TXFlorida: #1,831FL
Mars (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
MarsCanadaGirls—too few
MarsCanadaBoys—too few
MarsEngland & WalesGirls—too few
MarsEngland & WalesBoys#2,13311
MarsUSGirls#4,87827
MarsUSBoys#1,609105