Markus Boy
How popular is Markus?
#1,333 boy name in 2025
144 baby boys were named Markus in the US in 2025, making it the 1333rd most popular boy name.
Markus popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,333 for boys (▼ 113 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 144 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-45% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #864 in 2015, #1,209 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1994 (396 boys) |
| Highest rank | #494 in 1990 |
| First recorded | 1915 |
| 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 |
Markus 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 Markus is most popular
Babies named Markus per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Indiana: 0.2 per 1,000 (25 boys)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (39 boys)
- Michigan: 0.1 per 1,000 (25 boys)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (100 boys)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (17 boys)
Markus by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 16 | #2,729 |
| 1920s | 56 | #2,641 |
| 1930s | 23 | #2,849 |
| 1940s | 37 | #2,497 |
| 1950s | 291 | #1,070 |
| 1960s | 725 | #766 |
| 1970s | 1,281 | #658 |
| 1980s | 2,136 | #528 |
| 1990s | 3,487 | #494 |
| 2000s | 3,251 | #624 |
| 2010s | 2,706 | #681 |
| 2020s | 938 | #1,125 |
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Questions
- Is Markus a boy or girl name?
- Markus is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Markus were boys.
- How popular is the name Markus?
- 144 baby boys were named Markus in the US in 2025, making it the 1333rd most popular boy name.
- When was Markus most popular?
- Markus peaked in 1994, when 396 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #494 in 1990.
- How many people are named Markus?
- 14,947 babies have been named Markus in the US since 1880. We estimate about 14,232 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 27.
- Where is Markus most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Markus was most common in Indiana, at 0.2 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.