Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Marc” in the USA?

Number of people named “Marc” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Marc” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Marc” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Marc” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Marc” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Marc” by birth year

This chart shows how “Marc” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1901 6 0.00001735 6 -100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 -100%
1908 8 0.000016372 8 -100%
1912 12 0.000012145 12 -100%
1913 10 0.000008794 10 -100%
1914 12 0.000008473 12 -100%
1915 13 0.000007094 13 -100%
1916 14 0.000007237 14 -100%
1917 9 0.000004485 9 -100%
1918 18 0.000008291 18 -100%
1919 17 0.000008056 17 -100%
1920 22 0.000009723 22 -100%
1921 23 0.000009852 23 -100%
1922 27 0.000011795 27 -100%
1923 23 0.000009989 23 -100%
1924 31 0.000013016 31 -100%
1925 24 0.000010286 24 -100%
1926 27 0.00001176 27 -100%
1927 29 0.000012503 29 -100%
1928 32 0.000014153 32 -100%
1929 32 0.000014597 32 -100%
1930 38 0.000017092 38 -100%
1931 20 0.000009504 20 -100%
1932 45 0.000021314 45 -100%
1933 29 0.000014504 29 -100%
1934 38 0.000018297 38 -100%
1935 63 0.000030145 63 -100%
1936 45 0.00002166 45 -100%
1937 56 0.000026283 56 -100%
1938 78 0.000035253 78 -100%
1939 77 0.000034945 77 -100%
1940 122 0.000052982 122 -100%
1941 207 0.000084961 207 -100%
1942 219 0.000080166 219 -100%
1943 225 0.000079715 225 -100%
1944 292 0.000108547 292 -100%
1945 613 0.000231067 613 -100%
1946 798 0.000249741 8 790 -98%
1947 1061 0.000294532 1061 -100%
1948 1260 0.000364951 5 1255 -99%
1949 1402 0.000402321 6 1396 -99%
1950 1509 0.00043073 6 1503 -99%
1951 1782 0.000483748 7 1775 -99%
1952 1838 0.000483938 1838 -100%
1953 1979 0.00051354 1979 -100%
1954 2410 0.00060542 7 2403 -99%
1955 2639 0.000657272 8 2631 -99%
1956 2437 0.000591069 7 2430 -99%
1957 2488 0.000592079 7 2481 -99%
1958 2403 0.000581291 2403 -100%
1959 2511 0.000603897 7 2504 -99%
1960 2594 0.000624486 9 2585 -99%
1961 2713 0.00065495 6 2707 -100%
1962 2951 0.000731283 6 2945 -100%
1963 2904 0.000733667 12 2892 -99%
1964 3093 0.000795606 9 3084 -99%
1965 3060 0.000844033 9 3051 -99%
1966 2985 0.000858831 13 2972 -99%
1967 3116 0.000917848 16 3100 -99%
1968 3556 0.001052565 18 3538 -99%
1969 4521 0.001300886 21 4500 -99%
1970 5036 0.001396362 25 5011 -99%
1971 4233 0.001233264 23 4210 -99%
1972 3480 0.001107224 15 3465 -99%
1973 3289 0.001090197 14 3275 -99%
1974 3127 0.001028619 19 3108 -99%
1975 2839 0.000940255 16 2823 -99%
1976 2613 0.000861154 15 2598 -99%
1977 2614 0.00082292 12 2602 -99%
1978 2488 0.000783901 8 2480 -99%
1979 2280 0.000685302 14 2266 -99%
1980 2321 0.000673827 10 2311 -99%
1981 2059 0.000595194 12 2047 -99%
1982 2054 0.000585525 10 2044 -99%
1983 2107 0.000608372 16 2091 -98%
1984 2125 0.0006091 22 2103 -98%
1985 2182 0.000611357 21 2161 -98%
1986 2051 0.000576597 19 2032 -98%
1987 1980 0.000549144 13 1967 -99%
1988 1884 0.000509872 11 1873 -99%
1989 1902 0.00049474 9 1893 -99%
1990 1909 0.000482988 7 1902 -99%
1991 1581 0.000405877 1581 -100%
1992 1455 0.000378781 7 1448 -99%
1993 1411 0.000374243 7 1404 -99%
1994 1360 0.000365822 5 1355 -99%
1995 1336 0.000364813 1336 -100%
1996 1292 0.000354245 1292 -100%
1997 1343 0.000370406 6 1337 -99%
1998 1291 0.000350986 1291 -100%
1999 1369 0.000370614 1369 -100%
2000 1495 0.000395513 10 1485 -99%
2001 1246 0.000332853 1246 -100%
2002 1069 0.00028596 1069 -100%
2003 919 0.000241695 919 -100%
2004 899 0.000235283 899 -100%
2005 760 0.000197667 760 -100%
2006 727 0.000183763 727 -100%
2007 632 0.000158092 632 -100%
2008 609 0.000154936 609 -100%
2009 472 0.000123555 472 -100%
2010 437 0.000118244 437 -100%
2011 438 0.000119744 438 -100%
2012 419 0.000114563 419 -100%
2013 376 0.000103136 376 -100%
2014 411 0.00011089 411 -100%
2015 377 0.000101867 377 -100%
2016 356 0.000097037 356 -100%
2017 298 0.000083329 298 -100%
2018 269 0.00007651 269 -100%
2019 222 0.00006396 222 -100%
2020 182 0.000054482 182 -100%
2021 217 0.000064051 217 -100%
2022 195 0.000057639 195 -100%
2023 194 0.000058589 194 -100%
2024 172 0.000051675 172 -100%

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