Markas

Boys' name

Form of Marcus

Markas has been given to 151 babies in the U.S. since 1980. 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 1991, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Markas, 2018

1 in 703,000

Markas over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Markas: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Marcus

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Markas means

Markas is a form of Marcus.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Markas is used in Lithuanian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Marcus and Mark.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Lithuanian, Markas is pronounced /markas/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 151 boys were recorded with the name Markas between 1980 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1991; its best national rank was #5,774 in 1991.

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 Markas?

Markas had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2018, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2018: 1 in 703,000; 5 of 3,516,853 births
Among boys only: 1 in 363,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2018: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 487,541 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Markas 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 2018 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 487,541 children born in 2018 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Markas. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Markass were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Markas was born before 1995 — so the typical Markas is around 30 today.

Median birth year: 1995; About 30 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 33.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 57.6%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 151; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 33.1% of all recorded uses (50).

Is Markas 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1991 (9)
Years since peak: 34; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Steady; 8.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,774; 1991

Spellings of Markas

Markas is not the most common spelling — Mark is, with 78.4% against Markas's <0.01%.

Mark78.4%1,362,176
Marcus13.9%241,657
Marcos3.1%53,580
Matias1.5%25,387
Markus0.86%14,947
Makai0.53%9,298
Markel0.27%4,708
Marko0.26%4,439

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.

Markas around the world

Where Markas 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
2006–2025
#2,952
in 2025
Northern Ireland
2013–2020
#334
in 2020
Ireland
2009–2025
#577
in 2025
South Australia
1970–2002
#606
in 2002

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Markas 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: —
Best rank ever: #5,774; 1991
Peak year: 1991; 9 that year
First recorded: 1980
Last recorded: 2018
All-time count: 151
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Markas

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

Marsel Mariel Markai Marken Marlee Marvion Martae Marcio Marti Markes Marbin Marzell Marsden Marik Mariah Markon Marsai Marton Marvon Marios Martie Marlos Mareon Marcas

Sibling names for Markas

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

For a sister

Shaniqua Devan Chanelle Ileana Amberly Iesha Elvia Kacy

For a brother

Shay Jamil Laron Paris Dejuan Coty Rico German

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