Marc
Marc was given to 162 boys in 2025, #1,237 among boys’ names; 141,137 Americans have been recorded with it since 1901 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 119,000 Americans named Marc and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (84% of everyone recorded); the median is 52 years old and half are between 38 and 61.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Marc by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Marc mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Marc is “a male given name from French, equivalent to English Mark.”
Borrowed from French Marc, from Latin Marcus.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Marc?
#1,237 among boys’ names, 2025
Marc fell from #674 in 2015 to #1,237 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.20 to 0.09 per 1,000.
5,034 babies in 1970, the peak
Marc peaked in 1970, when 5,034 babies were given it (5,009 boys, #60 among boys’ names). The 162 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 162 | #1,237 | 0.09 |
| 2024 | 172 | #1,194 | 0.10 |
| 2023 | 194 | #1,100 | 0.11 |
| 2022 | 195 | #1,100 | 0.11 |
| 2021 | 217 | #1,014 | 0.12 |
| 2020 | 182 | #1,092 | 0.11 |
| 2019 | 222 | #964 | 0.12 |
| 2018 | 269 | #831 | 0.15 |
| 2017 | 298 | #787 | 0.16 |
| 2016 | 356 | #694 | 0.19 |
Every recorded year (117)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 377 | #674 | 0.20 |
| 2014 | 411 | #642 | 0.21 |
| 2013 | 376 | #651 | 0.20 |
| 2012 | 419 | #604 | 0.22 |
| 2011 | 438 | #572 | 0.23 |
| 2010 | 437 | #579 | 0.23 |
| 2009 | 472 | #559 | 0.24 |
| 2008 | 609 | #456 | 0.30 |
| 2007 | 632 | #444 | 0.30 |
| 2006 | 727 | #407 | 0.35 |
| 2005 | 760 | #381 | 0.38 |
| 2004 | 899 | #333 | 0.45 |
| 2003 | 920 | #322 | 0.47 |
| 2002 | 1,069 | #283 | 0.55 |
| 2001 | 1,246 | #262 | 0.64 |
| 2000 | 1,485 | #229 | 0.76 |
| 1999 | 1,369 | #235 | 0.71 |
| 1998 | 1,291 | #241 | 0.68 |
| 1997 | 1,337 | #231 | 0.71 |
| 1996 | 1,292 | #233 | 0.68 |
| 1995 | 1,336 | #222 | 0.70 |
| 1994 | 1,355 | #213 | 0.70 |
| 1993 | 1,404 | #215 | 0.72 |
| 1992 | 1,448 | #213 | 0.72 |
| 1991 | 1,581 | #196 | 0.78 |
| 1990 | 1,902 | #163 | 0.93 |
| 1989 | 1,893 | #160 | 0.95 |
| 1988 | 1,873 | #149 | 1.0 |
| 1987 | 1,967 | #143 | 1.1 |
| 1986 | 2,032 | #137 | 1.1 |
| 1985 | 2,161 | #129 | 1.2 |
| 1984 | 2,102 | #131 | 1.2 |
| 1983 | 2,091 | #125 | 1.2 |
| 1982 | 2,043 | #138 | 1.1 |
| 1981 | 2,047 | #134 | 1.1 |
| 1980 | 2,310 | #119 | 1.3 |
| 1979 | 2,267 | #119 | 1.3 |
| 1978 | 2,480 | #107 | 1.5 |
| 1977 | 2,601 | #101 | 1.6 |
| 1976 | 2,598 | #99 | 1.7 |
| 1975 | 2,822 | #89 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 3,108 | #85 | 2.0 |
| 1973 | 3,275 | #81 | 2.1 |
| 1972 | 3,465 | #83 | 2.1 |
| 1971 | 4,212 | #70 | 2.4 |
| 1970 | 5,009 | #60 | 2.7 |
| 1969 | 4,500 | #63 | 2.5 |
| 1968 | 3,537 | #84 | 2.0 |
| 1967 | 3,101 | #101 | 1.8 |
| 1966 | 2,972 | #105 | 1.7 |
| 1965 | 3,051 | #108 | 1.6 |
| 1964 | 3,084 | #113 | 1.5 |
| 1963 | 2,893 | #123 | 1.4 |
| 1962 | 2,943 | #122 | 1.4 |
| 1961 | 2,708 | #133 | 1.3 |
| 1960 | 2,586 | #136 | 1.2 |
| 1959 | 2,506 | #140 | 1.2 |
| 1958 | 2,404 | #145 | 1.1 |
| 1957 | 2,481 | #139 | 1.2 |
| 1956 | 2,430 | #135 | 1.1 |
| 1955 | 2,632 | #126 | 1.3 |
| 1954 | 2,403 | #133 | 1.2 |
| 1953 | 1,979 | #144 | 1.0 |
| 1952 | 1,838 | #153 | 0.95 |
| 1951 | 1,775 | #148 | 0.94 |
| 1950 | 1,503 | #167 | 0.84 |
| 1949 | 1,396 | #167 | 0.79 |
| 1948 | 1,255 | #175 | 0.72 |
| 1947 | 1,061 | #192 | 0.58 |
| 1946 | 790 | #215 | 0.49 |
| 1945 | 613 | #221 | 0.46 |
| 1944 | 292 | #351 | 0.21 |
| 1943 | 225 | #411 | 0.16 |
| 1942 | 219 | #416 | 0.16 |
| 1941 | 207 | #407 | 0.17 |
| 1940 | 122 | #530 | 0.11 |
| 1939 | 77 | #679 | 0.07 |
| 1938 | 78 | #687 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 56 | #820 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 45 | #920 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 63 | #783 | 0.06 |
| 1934 | 38 | #1,068 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 29 | #1,243 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 45 | #988 | 0.04 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,623 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 38 | #1,146 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 32 | #1,257 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 32 | #1,286 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 29 | #1,393 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 27 | #1,423 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,563 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 31 | #1,348 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,623 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 27 | #1,459 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,623 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,671 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 17 | #1,937 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 18 | #1,872 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,872 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,110 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,133 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 12 | #1,927 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,894 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,491 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,081 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,355 | 0.04 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,015 | 0.06 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Marc a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Marc has been given almost only to boys: 533 girls in 117 years of records.
Girls and boys named Marc: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Marc, and how old are they?
119,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 84% of the 141,137 Americans ever recorded as Marc. The median Marc alive today is 52 years old; half are between 38 and 61.
The 2020 Census counted 125,342 people named Marc (174 women and girls, 125,168 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 123,548 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 724 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 28,100 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 45,300 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 27,200 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 13,900 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,410 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Marc born?
The states with the most babies named Marc are New York, California and Pennsylvania, with 34% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 21,482 | #827 | 1.9× |
| California | 17,143 | #876 | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 8,234 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 7,640 | #806 | 1.8× |
| Illinois | 7,439 | #1,419 | 1.0× |
| Texas | 6,996 | #925 | 0.7× |
| Massachusetts | 6,848 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Michigan | 6,474 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 6,226 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Florida | 4,926 | #904 | 1.0× |
Where Marc is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Marc is most over-represented in Rhode Island: since 1910 it was given 2.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Marc with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 1,511,893 babies since 1880, Marc is the second most given (9.3% of them). In 2025 it was given to 162 of their 1,655 babies (9.8%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Marc
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Marc and names like it
- Compare Marc and MarkBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sMarc peaked in 1970.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Marc since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Marc: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1970The year the most babies were named Marc.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Marc alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with MMost given first.