Marcus

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #258in 2025
  • 1 in 1,273boys in 2025
  • −39%last ten years
  • 2.1×in Oregon

Most popular in 1984. Quieter now: down 39% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,6613,32218801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Marcus, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880425
1881447
1882405
1883363
1884498
1885408
1886352
1887227
1888389
1889344
1890297
1891277
1892361
1893454
1894397
1895307
1896326
1897337
1898359
1899433
1900319
1901413
1902359
1903369
1904328
1905401
1906458
1907313
1908330
1909299
1910324
1911283
1912307
1913336
1914293
1915362
1916312
1917306
1918269
1919293
1920302
1921320
1922273
1923292
1924294
1925280
1926279
1927248
1928231
1929231
1930252
1931216
1932213
1933241
1934219
1935217
1936200
1937212
1938202
1939204
1940216
1941216
1942194
1943198
1944203
1945208
1946235
1947214
1948231
1949262
1950311
1951306
1952348
1953368
1954440
1955473
1956503
1957480
1958463
1959567
1960622
1961618
1962663
1963651
1964678
1965738
1966710
1967844
1968885
19691,237
19702,322
19712,494
19722,272
19732,383
19742,417
19752,542
19762,346
19772,341
19782,433
19792,351
19802,388
19812,518
19822,749
19833,145
19843,322
19853,022
19862,866
19872,651
19882,720
19892,696
19902,582
19912,509
19922,275
19932,581
19942,721
19952,441
19962,400
19972,219
19982,101
19992,014
20001,933
20011,902
20021,825
20031,719
20041,753
20051,741
20061,855
20071,768
20081,663
20091,719
20101,632
20111,482
20121,433
20131,341
20141,364
20151,294
20161,150
20171,101
20181,047
2019960
2020962
2021924
2022847
2023818
2024802
2025785

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Oregon 2.1×
  2. New Mexico 1.9×
  3. Washington 1.8×
  4. Wisconsin 1.6×
  5. Utah 1.5×

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More like it

More like Marcus

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,341
Rank in 2025
#258
How rare
1 in 1,273 boys
Since 1880
241,657

Most popular in 1984, at 3,322 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 39% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Oregon2.1×74
New Mexico1.9×29
Washington1.8×140
Wisconsin1.6×92
Utah1.5×67

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.