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Marcas

Boys' name

Form of Marcus

Marcas has been given to 239 babies in the U.S. since 1970. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1980, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Marcas, 2023

1 in 663,000

Marcas over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Marcas: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Marcus

Latin

What Marcas means

Marcas is a form of Marcus.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Marcas is used in Irish and Scottish Gaelic.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈmarˠx.kas̪/ for Marcas.

Origin, language, and formation

Marcas is used in Irish and Scottish Gaelic. Its origins include Latin.

Marcas comes through Latin Marcus.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Marcus and Mark.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Scottish Gaelic, Marcas is pronounced /ˈmarˠxkas̪/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 239 boys were recorded with the name Marcas between 1970 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1980; its best national rank was #3,756 in 1980.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Marcas?

Marcas had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,314,783 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2023
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
459,528 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Marcas sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2023 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,528 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Marcas. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Marcass were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Marcas was born before 1990 — so the typical Marcas is around 35 today.

Median birth year
1990
About 35 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
36.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
33.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
239
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1980s — 36.0% of all recorded uses (86).

Is Marcas rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1980 (11)
Years since peak
45
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
35.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,756
1980

Spellings of Marcas

Marcas is not the most common spelling — Marcus is, with 40.7% against Marcas's 0.04%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Marcas around the world

Where Marcas ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2010–2010
    #3,865
    in 2010
  • Scotland
    2017–2017
    #733
    in 2017
  • Ireland
    2009–2009
    #701
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland and Central Statistics Office. ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO data under CC BY 4.0.

Marcas by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#3,756
1980
Peak year
1980
11 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
239
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Marcas

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

MarleeMarselMarcioMarielMartiMarkaiMarzellMarkenMarsdenMarikMarvionMarshMarstonMarseanMarshaMartaeMartieMarkisMarlenMarciaMarkeyMarvynMarkosMarkez

Sibling names for Marcas

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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