Mars*
#3,707 most common boys' name of all time · #9,043 across all names · 87% male / 13% female · used 1923–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#3,707
Rank overall
#9,043 of 105,966
First appeared
1923
Years on the list
36 of 146
All-time
1,522
Since 2016
1,239
Peak year
2023 #1,254
Best rank
#1,254 2023
Girls
Boys
peak 190/yr
Mars first appears in 1923. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | 105 | 132 | #1,613 |
| 2024 | 27 | 125 | 152 | #1,450 |
| 2023 | 36 | 154 | 190 | #1,254 |
| 2022 | 15 | 113 | 128 | #1,569 |
| 2021 | 30 | 144 | 174 | #1,306 |
| 2020 | 19 | 98 | 117 | #1,635 |
| 2019 | 20 | 90 | 110 | #1,740 |
| 2018 | 15 | 77 | 92 | #1,925 |
| 2017 | 7 | 74 | 81 | #1,941 |
| 2016 | 6 | 57 | 63 | #2,314 |
| 2015 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,905 |
| 2014 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,246 |
| 2013 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,498 |
| 2012 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,825 |
| 2011 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,025 |
| 2010 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,080 |
| 2009 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,880 |
| 2008 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,032 |
| 2007 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,950 |
| 2006 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,156 |
| 2005 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,294 |
| 2004 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,576 |
| 2003 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,776 |
| 2001 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,800 |
| 2000 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,565 |
| 1996 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,162 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,173 |
| 1980 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,124 |
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,377 |
| 1972 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,159 |
| 1965 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,205 |
| 1943 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,967 |
| 1936 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,971 |
| 1928 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,095 |
| 1927 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,696 |
| 1923 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,818 |