How popular is “Marcus” in the USA?

Number of people named “Marcus” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Marcus” 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 “Marcus” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Marcus” by birth year

This chart shows how “Marcus” 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
1880	47	0.000233269		47	-100%
1881	45	0.000233538		45	-100%
1882	46	0.000207644		46	-100%
1883	38	0.000175159		38	-100%
1884	57	0.000234124		57	-100%
1885	44	0.000182683		44	-100%
1886	39	0.000152752		39	-100%
1887	23	0.00009297		23	-100%
1888	47	0.000156942		47	-100%
1889	38	0.000131512		38	-100%
1890	33	0.000109489		33	-100%
1891	28	0.000097672		28	-100%
1892	44	0.000131589		44	-100%
1893	51	0.000156815		51	-100%
1894	46	0.000135817		46	-100%
1895	36	0.000102558		36	-100%
1896	39	0.000109096		39	-100%
1897	38	0.000109524		38	-100%
1898	44	0.000115348		44	-100%
1899	46	0.0001356		46	-100%
1900	48	0.000106606		48	-100%
1901	44	0.000127237		44	-100%
1902	44	0.000113774		44	-100%
1903	44	0.000115425		44	-100%
1904	42	0.000104093		42	-100%
1905	53	0.000125023		53	-100%
1906	61	0.000142373		61	-100%
1907	46	0.000098842		46	-100%
1908	51	0.000104369		51	-100%
1909	49	0.000095848		49	-100%
1910	63	0.000106651		63	-100%
1911	64	0.000099336		64	-100%
1912	132	0.000133595		132	-100%
1913	172	0.000151261		172	-100%
1914	192	0.00013556		192	-100%
1915	307	0.000167537		307	-100%
1916	278	0.000143713		278	-100%
1917	288	0.000143516	5	283	-97%
1918	273	0.000125742		273	-100%
1919	287	0.000136003		287	-100%
1920	321	0.000141869		321	-100%
1921	359	0.00015378	6	353	-97%
1922	304	0.0001328	7	297	-95%
1923	326	0.000141586	6	320	-96%
1924	333	0.000139821		333	-100%
1925	312	0.000133716		312	-100%
1926	310	0.000135023		310	-100%
1927	286	0.00012331	7	279	-95%
1928	256	0.000113227		256	-100%
1929	248	0.00011313		248	-100%
1930	277	0.00012459		277	-100%
1931	225	0.000106919		225	-100%
1932	222	0.000105149		222	-100%
1933	239	0.000119533		239	-100%
1934	226	0.00010882		226	-100%
1935	226	0.000108139		226	-100%
1936	212	0.000102042	5	207	-95%
1937	226	0.00010607		226	-100%
1938	224	0.00010124		224	-100%
1939	231	0.000104836	5	226	-96%
1940	250	0.000108569		250	-100%
1941	265	0.000108766		265	-100%
1942	268	0.000098103		268	-100%
1943	282	0.000099909		282	-100%
1944	282	0.00010483	5	277	-96%
1945	280	0.000105544		280	-100%
1946	382	0.00011955		382	-100%
1947	392	0.000108819		392	-100%
1948	406	0.000117595		406	-100%
1949	464	0.000133151		464	-100%
1950	563	0.000160703	7	556	-98%
1951	576	0.000156363		576	-100%
1952	681	0.000179305	5	676	-99%
1953	732	0.00018995	7	725	-98%
1954	903	0.000226844	6	897	-99%
1955	974	0.000242585		974	-100%
1956	1068	0.000259032	5	1063	-99%
1957	1045	0.000248683	9	1036	-98%
1958	990	0.000239483	7	983	-99%
1959	1216	0.000292449	8	1208	-99%
1960	1332	0.000320669	6	1326	-99%
1961	1321	0.000318905	10	1311	-98%
1962	1377	0.000341232	5	1372	-99%
1963	1334	0.000337022	12	1322	-98%
1964	1362	0.000350344	10	1352	-99%
1965	1382	0.000381194	9	1373	-99%
1966	1278	0.0003677	12	1266	-98%
1967	1487	0.00043801	14	1473	-98%
1968	1556	0.000460571	18	1538	-98%
1969	2231	0.000641955	18	2213	-98%
1970	4345	0.001204764	30	4315	-99%
1971	4451	0.001296777	42	4409	-98%
1972	3717	0.00118263	32	3685	-98%
1973	3745	0.001241346	30	3715	-98%
1974	3840	0.001263158	38	3802	-98%
1975	4014	0.001329406	43	3971	-98%
1976	3713	0.001223676	33	3680	-98%
1977	3886	0.001223361	39	3847	-98%
1978	4039	0.001272579	43	3996	-98%
1979	4095	0.001230839	46	4049	-98%
1980	4307	0.001250397	45	4262	-98%
1981	4549	0.001314977	40	4509	-98%
1982	5024	0.001432171	36	4988	-99%
1983	5705	0.001647254	67	5638	-98%
1984	6060	0.001737009	64	5996	-98%
1985	5651	0.001583308	65	5586	-98%
1986	5345	0.001502638	66	5279	-98%
1987	5006	0.00138839	56	4950	-98%
1988	5248	0.001420281	41	5207	-98%
1989	5432	0.001412947	37	5395	-99%
1990	5334	0.001349533	31	5303	-99%
1991	5081	0.001304404	12	5069	-100%
1992	4564	0.001188148	19	4545	-99%
1993	5076	0.001346319	13	5063	-99%
1994	5271	0.00141783	14	5257	-99%
1995	4661	0.001272748	13	4648	-99%
1996	4558	0.001249728	11	4547	-100%
1997	4191	0.001155899	9	4182	-100%
1998	4021	0.001093196	6	4015	-100%
1999	3882	0.001050931	15	3867	-99%
2000	3811	0.001008227	14	3797	-99%
2001	3705	0.000989745	9	3696	-100%
2002	3549	0.000949364	5	3544	-100%
2003	3402	0.000894717	7	3395	-100%
2004	3502	0.000916532	22	3480	-99%
2005	3476	0.000904068		3476	-100%
2006	3812	0.000963554		3812	-100%
2007	3675	0.000919282	5	3670	-100%
2008	3397	0.00086423	5	3392	-100%
2009	3408	0.000892106		3408	-100%
2010	3136	0.000848545	5	3131	-100%
2011	2814	0.000769317		2814	-100%
2012	2723	0.000744525	5	2718	-100%
2013	2534	0.000695072		2534	-100%
2014	2618	0.00070635		2618	-100%
2015	2479	0.000669835		2479	-100%
2016	2187	0.000596124	5	2182	-100%
2017	2041	0.000570718	5	2036	-100%
2018	1900	0.000540403		1900	-100%
2019	1721	0.000495832		1721	-100%
2020	1659	0.000496621		1659	-100%
2021	1616	0.000476985		1616	-100%
2022	1483	0.000438351	5	1478	-99%
2023	1398	0.000422204		1398	-100%
2024	1376	0.000413399		1376	-100%

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