Marking — boys' name
26 babies named Marking in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
26 boys have been named Marking since 2012, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2021.
- 26
- total births
- 2012–2021
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 81%
- born in that decade
81% of everyone ever named Marking was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Marking in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marking
The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Marking between 2012 and 2021, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Marking currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marking performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Marking shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marking 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 26 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.
Marking at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marking popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2012
- Peak year (2016)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
26 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 8 births in a single year.
Marking by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 21 births that decade — 81% of Marking's all-time total
Marking decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Marking's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 81% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2012–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.