Marcum — boys' name

What the Data Says About Marcum

The Social Security Administration has registered 20 babies named Marcum between 1964 and 1984, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Marcum currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 5 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marcum performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Marcum shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marcum 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 20 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.