Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Marek

#2,369 most common boys' name of all time · #5,718 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1956–2025

Rank among boys
#2,369
Rank overall
#5,718 of 105,966
First appeared
1956
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
3,141
Since 2016
726
Peak year
2007 #1,233
Best rank
#1,222 2010
Girls Boys peak 148/yr
1960198020002020

Marek first appears in 1956. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 50 50 #2,616
2024 — 55 55 #2,484
2023 — 54 54 #2,490
2022 — 73 73 #2,066
2021 — 63 63 #2,235
2020 — 66 66 #2,125
2019 — 66 66 #2,159
2018 — 101 101 #1,620
2017 — 90 90 #1,730
2016 — 108 108 #1,544
2015 — 111 111 #1,496
2014 — 109 109 #1,488
2013 — 129 129 #1,330
2012 — 99 99 #1,592
2011 — 109 109 #1,489
2010 — 145 145 #1,222
2009 — 139 139 #1,268
2008 — 129 129 #1,338
2007 5 143 148 #1,233
2006 — 122 122 #1,342
2005 — 104 104 #1,417
2004 — 100 100 #1,421
2003 — 65 65 #1,825
2002 — 61 61 #1,859
2001 — 49 49 #2,124
2000 — 36 36 #2,591
1999 — 36 36 #2,481
1998 — 32 32 #2,620
1997 — 31 31 #2,574
1996 — 32 32 #2,465
1995 — 32 32 #2,424
1994 — 43 43 #1,951
1993 — 23 23 #2,991
1992 — 24 24 #2,874
1991 — 24 24 #2,787
1990 — 15 15 #3,859
1989 — 34 34 #2,090
1988 — 25 25 #2,414
1987 — 21 21 #2,603
1986 — 25 25 #2,270
1985 — 13 13 #3,513
1984 — 21 21 #2,410
1983 — 20 20 #2,465
1982 — 17 17 #2,780
1981 — 23 23 #2,247
1980 — 20 20 #2,500
1979 — 20 20 #2,420
1978 — 12 12 #3,325
1977 — 18 18 #2,532
1976 — 15 15 #2,790
1975 — 14 14 #2,856
1974 — 15 15 #2,632
1973 — 16 16 #2,490
1972 — 10 10 #3,280
1971 — 11 11 #3,093
1970 — 16 16 #2,381
1969 — 13 13 #2,520
1968 — 20 20 #1,830
1967 — 13 13 #2,341
1966 — 6 6 #3,870
1965 — 8 8 #3,222
1964 — 10 10 #2,840
1962 — 9 9 #3,022
1961 — 7 7 #3,619
1959 — 5 5 #4,500
1958 — 6 6 #3,920
1956 — 5 5 #4,431