Marc Boy
How popular is Marc?
#1,235 boy name in 2025
162 baby boys were named Marc in the US in 2025, making it the 1235th most popular boy name.
Marc popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,235 for boys (▼ 42 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 162 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-57% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #673 in 2015, #1,086 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1970 (5,009 boys) |
| Highest rank | #60 in 1970 |
| First recorded | 1901 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Marc counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Mark family of names ranked #237 for boys in 2025 (#239 the year before), with 1,588 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mark | 1,416 | 89% |
| Marc | 162 | 10% |
| Marck | 10 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Marc is most popular
Babies named Marc per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 0.3 per 1,000 (63 boys)
- Florida: 0.3 per 1,000 (128 boys)
- New York: 0.3 per 1,000 (113 boys)
- Maryland: 0.2 per 1,000 (26 boys)
- Massachusetts: 0.1 per 1,000 (20 boys)
Marc by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 19 | #942 |
| 1910s | 105 | #1,416 |
| 1920s | 270 | #1,237 |
| 1930s | 489 | #675 |
| 1940s | 6,180 | #167 |
| 1950s | 21,951 | #126 |
| 1960s | 31,375 | #63 |
| 1970s | 31,837 | #60 |
| 1980s | 20,519 | #119 |
| 1990s | 14,315 | #163 |
| 2000s | 8,819 | #229 |
| 2010s | 3,603 | #571 |
| 2020s | 1,122 | #1,006 |
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Questions
- Is Marc a boy or girl name?
- Marc is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Marc were boys.
- How popular is the name Marc?
- 162 baby boys were named Marc in the US in 2025, making it the 1235th most popular boy name.
- When was Marc most popular?
- Marc peaked in 1970, when 5,009 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #60 in 1970.
- How many people are named Marc?
- 141,137 babies have been named Marc in the US since 1880. We estimate about 120,662 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 52.
- Where is Marc most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Marc was most common in New Jersey, at 0.3 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.