Mark
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
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.
Mark is also given to girls.
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 · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #189 | 2,193 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #196 | 2,077 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #195 | 2,066 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #203 | 1,948 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #210 | 1,874 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #223 | 1,685 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #235 | 1,550 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #252 | 1,406 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #247 | 1,433 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #250 | 1,397 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #246 | 1,437 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #245 | 1,416 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Mark on lists
Famous Marks
- Saint Mark the EvangelistBoy
author of the Gospel of Mark
- Mark TwainBoy
pen name of American novelist Samuel Langhorne Clemens
- Mark Robert Michael WahlbergBoy
American actor
- Mark WilliamsBoy
English actor
- Mark Elliot ZuckerbergBoy
American founder of Facebook
- Mark Alexander BallasBoy
American ballroom dancer
- Mark CubanBoy
American entrepreneur
- Mark Patrick Michael FeehilyBoy
Irish singer with the boyband Westlife
- Mark Edward Fischbach aka MarkiplierBoy
American YouTuber
- Mark FosterBoy
American singer of band Foster the People
- Mark Andrew FosterBoy
English swimmer
- Mark GatissBoy
English actor/writer
- Mark Richard HamillBoy
American actor/voice actor
- (Thomas) Mark HarmonBoy
American actor
- Mark Allan HoppusBoy
bassist for American band Blink 182
- Mark IndelicatoBoy
American actor
- Mark Kalev KostabiBoy
American artist
- Mark LarsonBoy
former guitarist of American band The Districts
- Mark McMorrisBoy
Canadian professional snowboarder
- Mark Anthony Patrick OwenBoy
English singer,songwriter of group Take That
- Mark Ross PellegrinoBoy
American actor
- Marliss "Mark" PughBoy
child star of hip hop group "Another Bad Creation"
- Mark Alan RuffaloBoy
American actor
- Mark RutteBoy
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
- Mark Wayne SallingBoy
American actor
- Mark Travis John SanchezBoy
American NFL player
- Mark Andreas SheppardBoy
English actor
- Mark Strong (born Marco Giuseppe Salussolia)Boy
British actor
- Mark YiBoy
en Tuan, Taiwanese,American rapper and dancer; member of the South Korean boy band Got7
- Mark Lee (Minhyung)Boy
Canadian,Korean rapper, dancer, and singer of boy band NCT
- Mark HallBoy
American singer of Christian band Casting Crowns
- Mark LinnBoy
Baker, American actor
- Mark Anthony Tildesley (b. 1976)Boy
7 year old British boy who was abducted, raped and killed in 1984
Mark in pop culture
- Dr. Mark GreeneBoy
character on TV's "ER"
- Dr. Mark SloanBoy
character on TV's Diagnosis: Murder
- Dr. Mark "McSteamy" SloanBoy
character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
- Mark CohenBoy
character in musical "Rent"
- Mark HealyBoy
character on TV's "Roseanne"
- Mark EvansBoy
character in movie "The Good Son"
- Mark BellisonBoy
main character in film "The Invention of Lying"
- Dr. Mark FlemmingBoy
character on TV's "The Client List"
- Mark WatneyBoy
main character in the book and film "The Martian"
- Mark DarcyBoy
character in "Bridget Jones's Diary"
- MarkBoy
character on TV's "Don't Trust the B,,,, in Apartment 23"
- Mark Mardon aka Weather WizardBoy
character on TV's "The Flash"
- Mark BlackthornBoy
character from Cassandra Clare's "The Dark Artifices" series
- MarkBoy
character in film "Love Actually"
- Mark BrendanawiczBoy
character on TV's Parks and Recreation
- Mark CorriganBoy
main character on British TV series Peep Show
- Mark MackBoy
character on TV's Oz
- Mark JeffersonBoy
character in the video game Life Is Strange
- Detective Lieutenant Mark HoffmanBoy
character from the SAW movie franchise, played by Costas Mandylor