Marco
Marco was given to 862 boys in 2025, #370 among boys’ names; 76,917 Americans have been recorded with it since 1910 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 72,100 Americans named Marco and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (94% of everyone recorded); the median is 27 years old and half are between 18 and 39.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Marco by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Marco mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Marco is “a male given name from the Romance languages, equivalent to English Mark.”
Also “a male given name from Italian.”
From Romance Marco (Italian Marco, Portuguese Marco, Spanish Marco).
/ˈmɑː(ɹ).kəʊ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Marco?
#370 among boys’ names, 2025
Marco fell from #320 in 2015 to #370 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.57 to 0.50 per 1,000.
2,117 babies in 2005, the peak
Marco peaked in 2005, when 2,117 boys were given it, #187 among boys’ names. The 862 births of 2025 are 41% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 862 | #370 | 0.50 |
| 2024 | 843 | #387 | 0.49 |
| 2023 | 836 | #382 | 0.49 |
| 2022 | 878 | #371 | 0.50 |
| 2021 | 786 | #399 | 0.45 |
| 2020 | 786 | #393 | 0.46 |
| 2019 | 831 | #379 | 0.46 |
| 2018 | 918 | #360 | 0.51 |
| 2017 | 1,010 | #337 | 0.55 |
| 2016 | 1,063 | #326 | 0.56 |
Every recorded year (116)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,086 | #320 | 0.57 |
| 2014 | 1,129 | #310 | 0.59 |
| 2013 | 1,216 | #285 | 0.64 |
| 2012 | 1,304 | #272 | 0.69 |
| 2011 | 1,257 | #280 | 0.66 |
| 2010 | 1,312 | #264 | 0.68 |
| 2009 | 1,464 | #243 | 0.74 |
| 2008 | 1,678 | #224 | 0.82 |
| 2007 | 1,867 | #209 | 0.90 |
| 2006 | 1,865 | #206 | 0.91 |
| 2005 | 2,117 | #187 | 1.1 |
| 2004 | 2,011 | #191 | 1.0 |
| 2003 | 1,960 | #192 | 1.0 |
| 2002 | 2,027 | #186 | 1.0 |
| 2001 | 2,109 | #179 | 1.1 |
| 2000 | 2,027 | #181 | 1.0 |
| 1999 | 1,771 | #191 | 0.92 |
| 1998 | 1,855 | #181 | 1.0 |
| 1997 | 1,924 | #176 | 1.0 |
| 1996 | 1,923 | #174 | 1.0 |
| 1995 | 1,765 | #179 | 0.93 |
| 1994 | 1,688 | #184 | 0.87 |
| 1993 | 1,647 | #190 | 0.84 |
| 1992 | 1,574 | #198 | 0.79 |
| 1991 | 1,515 | #203 | 0.75 |
| 1990 | 1,342 | #226 | 0.65 |
| 1989 | 1,154 | #234 | 0.58 |
| 1988 | 1,081 | #228 | 0.56 |
| 1987 | 959 | #243 | 0.51 |
| 1986 | 912 | #246 | 0.50 |
| 1985 | 965 | #241 | 0.52 |
| 1984 | 896 | #245 | 0.50 |
| 1983 | 909 | #243 | 0.51 |
| 1982 | 1,033 | #228 | 0.57 |
| 1981 | 905 | #246 | 0.51 |
| 1980 | 1,010 | #233 | 0.57 |
| 1979 | 956 | #235 | 0.56 |
| 1978 | 854 | #243 | 0.52 |
| 1977 | 850 | #242 | 0.52 |
| 1976 | 789 | #251 | 0.50 |
| 1975 | 755 | #261 | 0.48 |
| 1974 | 750 | #260 | 0.48 |
| 1973 | 778 | #252 | 0.50 |
| 1972 | 729 | #267 | 0.45 |
| 1971 | 746 | #280 | 0.42 |
| 1970 | 707 | #293 | 0.38 |
| 1969 | 595 | #313 | 0.33 |
| 1968 | 486 | #353 | 0.28 |
| 1967 | 437 | #360 | 0.25 |
| 1966 | 396 | #381 | 0.22 |
| 1965 | 388 | #397 | 0.21 |
| 1964 | 355 | #425 | 0.18 |
| 1963 | 336 | #437 | 0.17 |
| 1962 | 313 | #449 | 0.15 |
| 1961 | 220 | #537 | 0.10 |
| 1960 | 205 | #550 | 0.10 |
| 1959 | 210 | #540 | 0.10 |
| 1958 | 165 | #601 | 0.08 |
| 1957 | 143 | #642 | 0.07 |
| 1956 | 138 | #645 | 0.07 |
| 1955 | 117 | #675 | 0.06 |
| 1954 | 116 | #670 | 0.06 |
| 1953 | 99 | #719 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 109 | #665 | 0.06 |
| 1951 | 95 | #714 | 0.05 |
| 1950 | 80 | #769 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 65 | #852 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 53 | #958 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 68 | #840 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 42 | #1,069 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 36 | #1,097 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 48 | #929 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 51 | #940 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 39 | #1,104 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 37 | #1,084 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 34 | #1,148 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 38 | #1,046 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 42 | #986 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 29 | #1,257 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 27 | #1,288 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,315 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 33 | #1,165 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 36 | #1,099 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 36 | #1,135 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 53 | #884 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 52 | #938 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 47 | #991 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 34 | #1,244 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 46 | #1,036 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 49 | #989 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 54 | #920 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 43 | #1,103 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 45 | #1,072 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 53 | #967 | 0.05 |
| 1921 | 50 | #997 | 0.05 |
| 1920 | 48 | #999 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 33 | #1,242 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 48 | #970 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 34 | #1,164 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 40 | #1,021 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 38 | #1,049 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,041 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,137 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,209 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,094 | 0.05 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,758 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Marco a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Marco has been given almost only to boys: 339 girls in 116 years of records.
Girls and boys named Marco: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Marco, and how old are they?
72,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 94% of the 76,917 Americans ever recorded as Marco. The median Marco alive today is 27 years old; half are between 18 and 39.
The 2020 Census counted 106,978 people named Marco (253 women and girls, 106,725 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 68,431 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.6 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 138 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,090 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 10,100 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 19,500 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 28,100 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 12,200 |
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 Marco born?
The states with the most babies named Marco are Texas, California and Florida, with 46% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 158 | #249 | 2.1× |
| California | 143 | #261 | 2.2× |
| Florida | 81 | #257 | 0.9× |
| New York | 65 | #289 | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 35 | #266 | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 34 | #321 | 1.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 31 | #360 | 0.5× |
| Arizona | 29 | #279 | 1.9× |
| Massachusetts | 21 | #284 | 0.7× |
| North Carolina | 20 | #507 | 0.4× |
Where Marco is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Marco is most over-represented in California: 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 Marco 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 83,828 babies since 1880, Marco is the most given (92% of them). In 2025 it was given to 862 of their 940 babies (92%), again the 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 Marco
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 Marco and names like it
- Compare Marco and MarkoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sMarco peaked in 2005.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Marco since 1910.
- The top names of 2005The year the most babies were named Marco.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Marco alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with MMost given first.