Boys' name · since 1915
Marx
Marx has 329 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,098 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,116 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 329
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
329 babies have been named Marx since 1915, making it today's #12116 boys' name.
Marx has 329 recorded births among boys since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12116 as of the latest data, more common than 13% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #10,098 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,116 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 329 born since 1915
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marx ranks #10,098 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,116 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 329 born since 1915, peaking in the 2010s.
- #10,098 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,116 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 329
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
Marx's 329 recorded births place it above 77.79% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Marx compares
329 47th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Marx's all-time total is 11% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marx | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 329 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Marx's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marx's full recorded timeline at 1975, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marx popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Marx popularity over time - girls
6 total births recorded since 1922 (Marx as girls' name)
Marx by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (58 births, 18% of the file).
2010s was Marx's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Marx births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 19
1910s
19 births
- 1920s
1920s
32 births
- 1930s 15
1930s
15 births
- 1940s 17
1940s
17 births
- 1950s 17
1950s
17 births
- 1960s
1960s
50 births
- 1970s
1970s
28 births
- 1980s 23
1980s
23 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
39 births
- 2010s
2010s
58 births
- 2020s 20
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 58 births (18% of all-time use).
Marx by state
Where Marx concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 2.1% |
7 of 329 births nationwide.
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What to do with Marx's data
- Marx's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (58 total births) through the 2020s (20) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Marxs (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Marx: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~110 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Marx draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.