Boys' name · since 1981
Marcin
Marcin has 467 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,215 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 467
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
467 boys have been named Marcin since 1981, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marcin has been recorded 467 times among boys since 1981, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2024.
- #8,215 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 467 born since 1981
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marcin ranks #8,215 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 467 born since 1981, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,215 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 467
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Marcin's 467 recorded births place it above 81.92% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
Marcin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marcin splits its recorded history at 2000: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2015 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marcin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2024
- Peak year (1996)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Marcin by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (168 births, 36% of the file).
1990s was Marcin's strongest decade.
168 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Marcin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
105 births
- 1990s
1990s
168 births
- 2000s
2000s
131 births
- 2010s 47
2010s
47 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 168 births (36% of all-time use).
Marcin by state
Where Marcin concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
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- Marcin's decade-level peak was the 1990s (168 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Marcins (139 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Marcin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~43 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1981–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Marcin draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.