US baby names · Boys · 1880–2025
Mark: name popularity by year
How often US parents chose Mark for a baby boy, year by year, from Social Security Administration records. When it peaked, how long it stayed in the top 10, and which generation it belongs to.
Mark was one of the 10 most common boys' names in the US in 16 years, between 1955 and 1970, reaching #6. Births peaked in 1960, when 58,727 baby boys were named Mark, so by peak year it is a Baby Boomers name.
Mark in the US top 10, by year
Rank among boys' names, #1 at the top. Blank years: outside the top 10. Dashed line: the year with the most babies named Mark (1960).
Top-10 years by generation
| Generation | Years in top 10 | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 10 (1955–1964) | #6 |
| Generation X | 6 (1965–1970) | #7 |
Questions people ask
When was the name Mark most popular?
By number of babies, in 1960, when 58,727 boys were given the name. By rank, it reached #6 and spent 16 years in the top 10.
What generation is the name Mark?
Its peak year, 1960, falls in Baby Boomers (1946–1964). Its 16 top-10 years fall in: Baby Boomers (10), Generation X (6).
How many people have been named Mark?
SSA counted 1,362,176 boys named Mark born from 1880 to 2025. That is births, not people alive today, and it misses many people born before 1937 who never applied for a Social Security card.
In the top 10 at the same time
Source: US Social Security Administration baby-name data, from Social Security card applications for births in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, 1880–2025. Many people born before 1937 never applied for a card, so early years undercount. Spellings are counted separately. We hold each year's top 10 in rank order and each name's peak-year and all-time counts, so the chart shows rank rather than births per year. This page gives no meaning or origin for the name and no estimate of how many people named Mark are alive today.