Mark
#18 most common boys' name of all time · #24 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#18
Rank overall
#24 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
1,366,672
Since 2016
16,236
Peak year
1960 #6
Best rank
#6 1959
Girls
Boys
peak 58,860/yr
Mark is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 1,416 | 1,416 | #244 |
| 2024 | — | 1,447 | 1,447 | #244 |
| 2023 | 5 | 1,401 | 1,406 | #249 |
| 2022 | — | 1,434 | 1,434 | #247 |
| 2021 | — | 1,408 | 1,408 | #252 |
| 2020 | — | 1,552 | 1,552 | #235 |
| 2019 | — | 1,685 | 1,685 | #223 |
| 2018 | — | 1,874 | 1,874 | #210 |
| 2017 | — | 1,948 | 1,948 | #203 |
| 2016 | — | 2,066 | 2,066 | #195 |
| 2015 | — | 2,078 | 2,078 | #196 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,194 | 2,202 | #189 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,211 | 2,217 | #184 |
| 2012 | — | 2,204 | 2,204 | #176 |
| 2011 | — | 2,433 | 2,433 | #159 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,415 | 2,421 | #162 |
| 2009 | — | 2,578 | 2,578 | #153 |
| 2008 | — | 2,916 | 2,916 | #139 |
| 2007 | 5 | 2,973 | 2,978 | #138 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3,252 | 3,258 | #128 |
| 2005 | 9 | 3,529 | 3,538 | #114 |
| 2004 | 11 | 3,770 | 3,781 | #113 |
| 2003 | 5 | 4,033 | 4,038 | #105 |
| 2002 | 11 | 4,222 | 4,233 | #93 |
| 2001 | 10 | 4,754 | 4,764 | #84 |
| 2000 | 12 | 5,230 | 5,242 | #79 |
| 1999 | 12 | 5,606 | 5,618 | #69 |
| 1998 | 13 | 5,893 | 5,906 | #64 |
| 1997 | 14 | 6,165 | 6,179 | #58 |
| 1996 | 14 | 6,599 | 6,613 | #55 |
| 1995 | 22 | 6,888 | 6,910 | #52 |
| 1994 | 22 | 7,488 | 7,510 | #48 |
| 1993 | 19 | 8,059 | 8,078 | #49 |
| 1992 | 20 | 8,745 | 8,765 | #49 |
| 1991 | 26 | 9,684 | 9,710 | #47 |
| 1990 | 43 | 10,689 | 10,732 | #47 |
| 1989 | 49 | 11,320 | 11,369 | #42 |
| 1988 | 84 | 11,715 | 11,799 | #39 |
| 1987 | 66 | 11,993 | 12,059 | #36 |
| 1986 | 84 | 12,615 | 12,699 | #35 |
| 1985 | 91 | 13,194 | 13,285 | #32 |
| 1984 | 74 | 13,214 | 13,288 | #32 |
| 1983 | 96 | 13,815 | 13,911 | #31 |
| 1982 | 97 | 13,865 | 13,962 | #32 |
| 1981 | 87 | 13,542 | 13,629 | #33 |
| 1980 | 79 | 14,169 | 14,248 | #30 |
| 1979 | 89 | 14,386 | 14,475 | #30 |
| 1978 | 91 | 14,851 | 14,942 | #26 |
| 1977 | 82 | 15,418 | 15,500 | #25 |
| 1976 | 77 | 15,508 | 15,585 | #25 |
| 1975 | 89 | 16,742 | 16,831 | #19 |
| 1974 | 111 | 18,905 | 19,016 | #16 |
| 1973 | 95 | 20,367 | 20,462 | #15 |
| 1972 | 80 | 21,490 | 21,570 | #18 |
| 1971 | 115 | 25,132 | 25,247 | #13 |
| 1970 | 138 | 31,461 | 31,599 | #9 |
| 1969 | 139 | 33,388 | 33,527 | #8 |
| 1968 | 157 | 35,401 | 35,558 | #7 |
| 1967 | 144 | 34,910 | 35,054 | #7 |
| 1966 | 125 | 34,801 | 34,926 | #7 |
| 1965 | 119 | 38,244 | 38,363 | #7 |
| 1964 | 119 | 45,261 | 45,380 | #6 |
| 1963 | 123 | 49,342 | 49,465 | #6 |
| 1962 | 129 | 53,520 | 53,649 | #6 |
| 1961 | 159 | 57,796 | 57,955 | #6 |
| 1960 | 133 | 58,727 | 58,860 | #6 |
| 1959 | 130 | 56,945 | 57,075 | #6 |
| 1958 | 113 | 52,698 | 52,811 | #7 |
| 1957 | 83 | 52,841 | 52,924 | #7 |
| 1956 | 84 | 48,828 | 48,912 | #8 |
| 1955 | 55 | 42,255 | 42,310 | #9 |
| 1954 | 50 | 36,198 | 36,248 | #12 |
| 1953 | 37 | 29,341 | 29,378 | #12 |
| 1952 | 39 | 25,678 | 25,717 | #17 |
| 1951 | 24 | 21,201 | 21,225 | #20 |
| 1950 | 31 | 16,604 | 16,635 | #23 |
| 1949 | 21 | 13,725 | 13,746 | #24 |
| 1948 | 15 | 10,267 | 10,282 | #29 |
| 1947 | 10 | 7,773 | 7,783 | #47 |
| 1946 | 14 | 5,331 | 5,345 | #58 |
| 1945 | 8 | 3,545 | 3,553 | #72 |
| 1944 | — | 2,742 | 2,742 | #93 |
| 1943 | 10 | 2,520 | 2,530 | #101 |
| 1942 | 7 | 2,039 | 2,046 | #117 |
| 1941 | 5 | 1,624 | 1,629 | #122 |
| 1940 | 6 | 1,165 | 1,171 | #149 |
| 1939 | 8 | 867 | 875 | #170 |
| 1938 | — | 902 | 902 | #166 |
| 1937 | 5 | 809 | 814 | #176 |
| 1936 | 6 | 712 | 718 | #182 |
| 1935 | 9 | 788 | 797 | #175 |
| 1934 | 14 | 702 | 716 | #185 |
| 1933 | — | 693 | 693 | #180 |
| 1932 | 7 | 716 | 723 | #185 |
| 1931 | 14 | 664 | 678 | #197 |
| 1930 | 12 | 591 | 603 | #220 |
| 1929 | 10 | 576 | 586 | #223 |
| 1928 | 13 | 652 | 665 | #209 |
| 1927 | 13 | 701 | 714 | #200 |
| 1926 | 9 | 702 | 711 | #200 |
| 1925 | 18 | 651 | 669 | #211 |
| 1924 | 15 | 672 | 687 | #206 |
| 1923 | 11 | 659 | 670 | #203 |
| 1922 | 13 | 667 | 680 | #199 |
| 1921 | 11 | 626 | 637 | #211 |
| 1920 | 13 | 589 | 602 | #219 |
| 1919 | 13 | 587 | 600 | #212 |
| 1918 | 9 | 627 | 636 | #205 |
| 1917 | 16 | 528 | 544 | #212 |
| 1916 | 5 | 571 | 576 | #198 |
| 1915 | 15 | 529 | 544 | #204 |
| 1914 | 8 | 386 | 394 | #210 |
| 1913 | 9 | 349 | 358 | #194 |
| 1912 | 6 | 284 | 290 | #201 |
| 1911 | — | 142 | 142 | #207 |
| 1910 | 7 | 131 | 138 | #199 |
| 1909 | — | 101 | 101 | #212 |
| 1908 | 7 | 67 | 74 | #257 |
| 1907 | 7 | 97 | 104 | #199 |
| 1906 | 5 | 85 | 90 | #208 |
| 1905 | — | 94 | 94 | #189 |
| 1904 | — | 113 | 113 | #165 |
| 1903 | — | 81 | 81 | #196 |
| 1902 | — | 104 | 104 | #168 |
| 1901 | 5 | 92 | 97 | #164 |
| 1900 | 6 | 137 | 143 | #152 |
| 1899 | — | 89 | 89 | #166 |
| 1898 | — | 108 | 108 | #159 |
| 1897 | — | 104 | 104 | #150 |
| 1896 | — | 119 | 119 | #139 |
| 1895 | 5 | 102 | 107 | #154 |
| 1894 | 5 | 84 | 89 | #181 |
| 1893 | — | 92 | 92 | #159 |
| 1892 | 5 | 86 | 91 | #182 |
| 1891 | — | 86 | 86 | #155 |
| 1890 | — | 83 | 83 | #170 |
| 1889 | — | 101 | 101 | #147 |
| 1888 | — | 115 | 115 | #135 |
| 1887 | — | 76 | 76 | #167 |
| 1886 | — | 106 | 106 | #129 |
| 1885 | — | 74 | 74 | #178 |
| 1884 | — | 96 | 96 | #144 |
| 1883 | — | 91 | 91 | #142 |
| 1882 | — | 90 | 90 | #154 |
| 1881 | — | 94 | 94 | #130 |
| 1880 | — | 85 | 85 | #160 |