Boys' name · peaked in 1970
Marc name popularity since 1925
140,887 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Marc. Half of them were born in 1972 or earlier, so the typical Marc is about 54 years old in 2026. Marc peaked in 1970 as the #60 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 140,887
- Named Marc, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,237 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.6% boys
- 533 girls · 140,354 boys
- Most popular in
- Rhode Island
- 3.04× its national share
Peak year is the year Marc made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Marc births per year, 1925–2025
1970 was the biggest year for Marc both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1943 and 1948, Marc became 4.5× more common, from 1 in 6,340 baby boys to 1 in 1,400.
- Steepest fall: Between 2000 and 2005, its share of baby boys fell by 50%, from 1 in 1,320 to 1 in 2,630.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Marc's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Marc.
Decade by decade
Babies named Marc in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 144 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 489 | #783 |
| 1940s | 19 | 6,180 | #221 |
| 1950s | 49 | 21,951 | #126 |
| 1960s | 119 | 31,375 | #108 |
| 1970s | 161 | 31,837 | #89 |
| 1980s | 143 | 20,519 | #129 |
| 1990s | 32 | 14,315 | #222 |
| 2000s | 10 | 8,819 | #381 |
| 2010s | 0 | 3,603 | #674 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 1,122 | #1,237 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
36.6% of babies named Marc from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Marc is most popular
The index compares Marc's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Marc.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 3.04× | 1,501 |
| New Hampshire | 2.75× | 1,205 |
| Connecticut | 2.31× | 3,486 |
| Massachusetts | 2.07× | 6,848 |
| Maine | 2.06× | 1,227 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Marc and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Marc (this page) | 140,354 | 1970 |
| Mark | 1,351,977 | 1960 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Marc's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Marc.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Marc (1970).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data