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Marcus
Pronounced /ˈmɑɹkəs/
Rank in 2024
#256
Born in 2024
1,376
Peak year
1984 · #57
Origin
Latin
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,376 boys were named Marcus, about 1 in every 1,247.
- It peaked in 1984 with 5,996 babies, ranked #57.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 240,300 boys have been named Marcus since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Marcus per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.3Greatest1901–27
- 0.2Silent1928–45
- 0.5Boomers1946–64
- 1.9Gen X1965–80
- 2.7Millennials1981–96
- 1.8Gen Z1997–12
- 1.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 5,010 babies, 0.30 per 1,000. Silent: 4,424 babies, 0.21 per 1,000. Boomers: 17,021 babies, 0.45 per 1,000. Gen X: 51,594 babies, 1.90 per 1,000. Millennials: 81,980 babies, 2.69 per 1,000. Gen Z: 56,397 babies, 1.80 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 22,997 babies, 1.06 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowing of Latin Marcus. Doublet of Mark.
- A male given name from Latin.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- /ˈmɑɹkəs/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Marcus, CC BY-SA 4.0.