Marks

Boys' name

Form of Marcus

Marks has been given to 93 babies in the U.S. since 1916. 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 1957, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Marks, 1979

1 in 554,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Marks: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Marcus

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Marks means

Marks is a form of Marcus.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Marks is used in Latvian.

Origin, language, and formation

Marks is used in English and Latvian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Marcus.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 93 boys were recorded with the name Marks between 1916 and 1979. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1957; its best national rank was #2,755 in 1957.

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 Marks?

Marks had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1979, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1979: 1 in 554,000; 6 of 3,326,731 births
Among boys only: 1 in 287,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1979: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 384,320 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Marks 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 1979 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 384,320 children born in 1979 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Marks. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Markss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Marks was born before 1930 — so the typical Marks is around 95 today.

Median birth year: 1930; About 95 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 40.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 34.4%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 32; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 40.9% of all recorded uses (38).

Is Marks 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 1957 (10)
Years since peak: 68; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 25.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,755; 1957

Spellings of Marks

Marks is not the most common spelling — Mark is, with 61.5% against Marks's <0.01%.

Mark61.5%1,362,176
Marcus10.9%241,657
Mario6.8%151,310
Marc6.3%140,604
Marco3.5%76,578
Marcos2.4%53,580
Mack1.9%42,720
Marty1.5%32,180

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.

Marks around the world

Where Marks 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
2013–2023
#3,524
in 2023
Ireland
2008–2016
#713
in 2016

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

Marks 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: #2,755; 1957
Peak year: 1957; 10 that year
First recorded: 1916
Last recorded: 1979
All-time count: 93
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Marks

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

Marken Markai Marti Mariel Mari Martae Marik Marky Marsel Marce Marsh Marte Marz Marsai March Marke Marlee Mareo Marck Marvion Marta Marq Marx Marat

Sibling names for Marks

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

Sherie Evonne Joanie Vickey Vikki Terese Lavern Lyn

For a brother

Lonny Hayward Danial Von Burt Fritz Kirby Curtiss

Explore around Marks

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