Marken — #8658 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Marken

The Social Security Administration has registered 86 babies named Marken between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Marken currently holds the #8658 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marken performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 41 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Marken shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Marken in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marken 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 86 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.