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.

Markis

#5,091 most common boys' name of all time · #12,597 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1970–2025

Rank among boys
#5,091
Rank overall
#12,597 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
911
Since 2016
67
Peak year
1990 #2,042
Best rank
#2,042 1990
Girls Boys peak 37/yr
198020002020

Markis first appears in 1970. 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 — 7 7 #9,922
2022 — 10 10 #7,905
2021 — 7 7 #9,951
2020 — 9 9 #8,226
2019 — 5 5 #12,533
2018 — 7 7 #9,910
2017 — 7 7 #9,946
2016 — 15 15 #5,875
2015 — 12 12 #6,786
2014 — 22 22 #4,436
2013 — 20 20 #4,692
2012 — 19 19 #4,922
2011 — 31 31 #3,462
2010 — 17 17 #5,337
2009 — 21 21 #4,648
2008 — 36 36 #3,191
2007 — 29 29 #3,629
2006 — 26 26 #3,832
2005 — 23 23 #3,998
2004 — 18 18 #4,688
2003 — 19 19 #4,336
2002 — 13 13 #5,518
2001 — 24 24 #3,563
2000 — 20 20 #3,993
1999 — 25 25 #3,231
1998 — 30 30 #2,756
1997 — 24 24 #3,117
1996 — 23 23 #3,160
1995 — 28 28 #2,659
1994 — 26 26 #2,820
1993 — 35 35 #2,243
1992 — 31 31 #2,401
1991 — 35 35 #2,127
1990 — 37 37 #2,042
1989 — 21 21 #2,969
1988 — 29 29 #2,189
1987 — 21 21 #2,621
1986 — 12 12 #3,800
1985 — 16 16 #3,045
1984 — 11 11 #3,853
1983 — 17 17 #2,760
1982 — 11 11 #3,898
1980 — 12 12 #3,576
1979 — 10 10 #3,999
1978 — 10 10 #3,786
1977 — 9 9 #4,066
1976 — 5 5 #6,103
1975 — 11 11 #3,399
1970 — 5 5 #5,378