Marek — #2477 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Marek

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,086 babies named Marek between 1956 and 2024, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Marek currently holds the #2477 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 145 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marek performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,067 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Marek shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 237 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Marek in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marek 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 3,086 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.