Markus — #1226 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Markus

The Social Security Administration has registered 14,800 babies named Markus between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Markus currently holds the #1226 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 396 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Markus performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 3,486 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Markus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,772 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Markus in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Markus 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 14,800 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.