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.

Markus

#955 most common boys' name of all time · #2,213 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1915–2025

Rank among boys
#955
Rank overall
#2,213 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
94 of 146
All-time
14,947
Since 2016
1,820
Peak year
1994 #508
Best rank
#495 1990
Girls Boys peak 396/yr
192019401960198020002020

Markus first appears in 1915. 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 144 144 #1,336
2024 165 165 #1,221
2023 140 140 #1,349
2022 152 152 #1,271
2021 181 181 #1,126
2020 156 156 #1,209
2019 181 181 #1,098
2018 212 212 #980
2017 225 225 #931
2016 264 264 #852
2015 261 261 #866
2014 327 327 #733
2013 279 279 #797
2012 265 265 #825
2011 345 345 #684
2010 347 347 #682
2009 392 392 #639
2008 355 355 #681
2007 346 346 #686
2006 370 370 #634
2005 289 289 #708
2004 332 332 #635
2003 302 302 #656
2002 288 288 #653
2001 277 277 #661
2000 300 300 #624
1999 305 305 #604
1998 286 286 #631
1997 330 330 #568
1996 306 306 #588
1995 350 350 #544
1994 396 396 #508
1993 375 375 #532
1992 390 390 #514
1991 363 363 #530
1990 386 386 #495
1989 317 317 #543
1988 299 299 #528
1987 266 266 #557
1986 236 236 #579
1985 192 192 #635
1984 201 201 #602
1983 177 177 #645
1982 163 163 #682
1981 148 148 #710
1980 137 137 #750
1979 148 148 #706
1978 163 163 #659
1977 136 136 #735
1976 134 134 #725
1975 130 130 #728
1974 125 125 #729
1973 109 109 #765
1972 97 97 #814
1971 119 119 #751
1970 120 120 #751
1969 104 104 #768
1968 88 88 #792
1967 86 86 #790
1966 79 79 #825
1965 69 69 #887
1964 66 66 #944
1963 68 68 #909
1962 45 45 #1,163
1961 64 64 #963
1960 56 56 #1,029
1959 45 45 #1,169
1958 51 51 #1,079
1957 34 34 #1,360
1956 34 34 #1,332
1955 28 28 #1,475
1954 30 30 #1,403
1953 20 20 #1,757
1952 17 17 #1,923
1951 19 19 #1,765
1950 13 13 #2,190
1949 9 9 #2,739
1948 8 8 #2,932
1947 10 10 #2,630
1944 5 5 #3,700
1941 5 5 #3,819
1939 5 5 #3,774
1936 5 5 #3,860
1932 8 8 #3,038
1930 5 5 #4,277
1928 6 6 #3,966
1926 10 10 #2,870
1925 6 6 #4,002
1924 11 11 #2,790
1923 6 6 #4,071
1922 7 7 #3,748
1920 10 10 #2,943
1916 9 9 #2,903
1915 7 7 #3,359