Marcos Boy
How popular is Marcos?
#516 boy name in 2025
579 baby boys were named Marcos in the US in 2025, making it the 516th most popular boy name.
Marcos popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #516 for boys (▼ 37 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 579 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-24% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #408 in 2015, #480 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2001 (1,415 boys) |
| Highest rank | #224 in 1996 |
| First recorded | 1888 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Marcos counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Marcus family of names ranked #185 for boys in 2025 (#183 the year before), with 2,089 babies in all.
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 Marcos is most popular
Babies named Marcos per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 1.4 per 1,000 (46 boys)
- California: 0.7 per 1,000 (657 boys)
- Texas: 0.7 per 1,000 (621 boys)
- Arizona: 0.6 per 1,000 (104 boys)
- Florida: 0.6 per 1,000 (263 boys)
Marcos by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,030 |
| 1900s | 33 | #1,001 |
| 1910s | 209 | #1,062 |
| 1920s | 467 | #927 |
| 1930s | 399 | #869 |
| 1940s | 555 | #748 |
| 1950s | 1,062 | #622 |
| 1960s | 2,200 | #446 |
| 1970s | 4,610 | #332 |
| 1980s | 6,922 | #284 |
| 1990s | 11,791 | #224 |
| 2000s | 13,593 | #239 |
| 2010s | 8,030 | #312 |
| 2020s | 3,704 | #475 |
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Questions
- Is Marcos a boy or girl name?
- Marcos is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Marcos were boys.
- How popular is the name Marcos?
- 579 baby boys were named Marcos in the US in 2025, making it the 516th most popular boy name.
- When was Marcos most popular?
- Marcos peaked in 2001, when 1,415 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #224 in 1996.
- How many people are named Marcos?
- 53,742 babies have been named Marcos in the US since 1880. We estimate about 50,317 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 27.
- Where is Marcos most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Marcos was most common in New Mexico, at 1.4 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.