Mark
2025 SSA
About Mark
Mark has the rare appeal of a strong, sleek name with a minimalist modern feel and ancient roots. The name Mark is taken from the Roman god of war Mars, also the namesake of the planet.
After centuries of lagging behind other apostle names Peter and Paul, Mark suddenly caught on in the early 1950s, reaching Number 6 by 1960. It was in the Top 10 from 1955 to 1970 and has been among the Top 1000 boys' names for the century and a half that the US has been keeping name records.
Mark Twain was, of course, the pen name taken by Samuel Clemens. Prominent current bearers include actor Mark Ruffalo, Mark Wahlberg (the onetime Marky Mark), and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Businessman Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, is one of the main Sharks on Shark Tank.
Marc is another, equally acceptable but less popular spelling. There are seven baby boys named Mark for every one spelled Marc.
Pronounced MARK.
As of October 2026, Mark ranked #245 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #6 in 1962, Nameberry popularity #495.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #189 | 2,193 | 1,141.7 |
| 2015 | #196 | 2,077 | 1,083.6 |
| 2016 | #195 | 2,066 | 1,088.7 |
| 2017 | #203 | 1,948 | 1,052.4 |
| 2018 | #210 | 1,874 | 1,031.8 |
| 2019 | #223 | 1,685 | 939.1 |
| 2020 | #235 | 1,550 | 898 |
| 2021 | #252 | 1,406 | 803.7 |
| 2022 | #247 | 1,433 | 820.7 |
| 2023 | #250 | 1,397 | 816.7 |
| 2024 | #246 | 1,437 | 834.1 |
| 2025 | #245 | 1,416 | 829 |
World rankings
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Mark on lists
Famous Marks
- Saint Mark the Evangelist
author of the Gospel of Mark
- Mark Twain
pen name of American novelist Samuel Langhorne Clemens
- Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg
American actor
- Mark Williams
English actor
- Mark Elliot Zuckerberg
American founder of Facebook
- Mark Alexander Ballas
American ballroom dancer
- Mark Cuban
American entrepreneur
- Mark Patrick Michael Feehily
Irish singer with the boyband Westlife
- Mark Edward Fischbach aka Markiplier
American YouTuber
- Mark Foster
American singer of band Foster the People
- Mark Andrew Foster
English swimmer
- Mark Gatiss
English actor/writer
- Mark Richard Hamill
American actor/voice actor
- (Thomas) Mark Harmon
American actor
- Mark Allan Hoppus
bassist for American band Blink 182
- Mark Indelicato
American actor
- Mark Kalev Kostabi
American artist
- Mark Larson
former guitarist of American band The Districts
- Mark McMorris
Canadian professional snowboarder
- Mark Anthony Patrick Owen
English singer,songwriter of group Take That
- Mark Ross Pellegrino
American actor
- Marliss "Mark" Pugh
child star of hip hop group "Another Bad Creation"
- Mark Alan Ruffalo
American actor
- Mark Rutte
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
- Mark Wayne Salling
American actor
- Mark Travis John Sanchez
American NFL player
- Mark Andreas Sheppard
English actor
- Mark Strong (born Marco Giuseppe Salussolia)
British actor
- Mark Yi
en Tuan, Taiwanese,American rapper and dancer; member of the South Korean boy band Got7
- Mark Lee (Minhyung)
Canadian,Korean rapper, dancer, and singer of boy band NCT
- Mark Hall
American singer of Christian band Casting Crowns
- Mark Linn
Baker, American actor
- Mark Anthony Tildesley (b. 1976)
7 year old British boy who was abducted, raped and killed in 1984
Mark in pop culture
- Dr. Mark Greene
character on TV's "ER"
- Dr. Mark Sloan
character on TV's Diagnosis: Murder
- Dr. Mark "McSteamy" Sloan
character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
- Mark Cohen
character in musical "Rent"
- Mark Healy
character on TV's "Roseanne"
- Mark Evans
character in movie "The Good Son"
- Mark Bellison
main character in film "The Invention of Lying"
- Dr. Mark Flemming
character on TV's "The Client List"
- Mark Watney
main character in the book and film "The Martian"
- Mark Darcy
character in "Bridget Jones's Diary"
- Mark
character on TV's "Don't Trust the B,,,, in Apartment 23"
- Mark Mardon aka Weather Wizard
character on TV's "The Flash"
- Mark Blackthorn
character from Cassandra Clare's "The Dark Artifices" series
- Mark
character in film "Love Actually"
- Mark Brendanawicz
character on TV's Parks and Recreation
- Mark Corrigan
main character on British TV series Peep Show
- Mark Mack
character on TV's Oz
- Mark Jefferson
character in the video game Life Is Strange
- Detective Lieutenant Mark Hoffman
character from the SAW movie franchise, played by Costas Mandylor