Marc — #1191 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Marc

The Social Security Administration has registered 140,440 babies named Marc between 1901 and 2024, spanning 124 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Marc currently holds the #1191 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 5,011 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marc performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 31,838 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Marc shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 21,456 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Marc in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marc in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 140,440 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.