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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Mark” in the USA?

Number of people named “Mark” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Mark” by birth year

This chart shows how “Mark” 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 85 0.00042187 85 -100%
1881 94 0.000487835 94 -100%
1882 90 0.00040626 90 -100%
1883 91 0.000419459 91 -100%
1884 96 0.000394314 96 -100%
1885 74 0.00030724 74 -100%
1886 106 0.000415172 106 -100%
1887 76 0.000307205 76 -100%
1888 115 0.000384007 115 -100%
1889 101 0.000349546 101 -100%
1890 83 0.000275381 83 -100%
1891 86 0.000299993 86 -100%
1892 91 0.00027215 5 86 -89%
1893 92 0.000282883 92 -100%
1894 89 0.000262777 5 84 -89%
1895 107 0.000304826 5 102 -91%
1896 119 0.000332882 119 -100%
1897 104 0.000299749 104 -100%
1898 108 0.000283126 108 -100%
1899 89 0.000262356 89 -100%
1900 143 0.000317596 6 137 -92%
1901 97 0.000280499 5 92 -90%
1902 104 0.000268919 104 -100%
1903 81 0.000212487 81 -100%
1904 113 0.00028006 113 -100%
1905 94 0.000221739 94 -100%
1906 90 0.000210059 5 85 -89%
1907 104 0.000223468 7 97 -87%
1908 74 0.000151438 7 67 -81%
1909 101 0.000197565 101 -100%
1910 138 0.000233617 7 131 -90%
1911 142 0.000220402 142 -100%
1912 290 0.000293504 6 284 -96%
1913 358 0.000314833 9 349 -95%
1914 394 0.000278181 8 386 -96%
1915 544 0.000296874 15 529 -94%
1916 576 0.000297764 5 571 -98%
1917 544 0.000271085 16 528 -94%
1918 636 0.000292938 9 627 -97%
1919 600 0.000284327 13 587 -96%
1920 602 0.000266061 13 589 -96%
1921 637 0.000272863 11 626 -97%
1922 680 0.000297053 13 667 -96%
1923 670 0.00029099 11 659 -97%
1924 687 0.00028846 15 672 -96%
1925 669 0.000286718 18 651 -95%
1926 711 0.000309682 9 702 -97%
1927 714 0.000307844 13 701 -96%
1928 665 0.000294126 13 652 -96%
1929 586 0.000267316 10 576 -97%
1930 603 0.00027122 12 591 -96%
1931 678 0.000322184 14 664 -96%
1932 723 0.000342445 7 716 -98%
1933 693 0.000346596 693 -100%
1934 716 0.000344759 14 702 -96%
1935 797 0.000381358 9 788 -98%
1936 718 0.000345595 6 712 -98%
1937 814 0.000382039 5 809 -99%
1938 902 0.00040767 902 -100%
1939 875 0.000397106 8 867 -98%
1940 1171 0.000508537 6 1165 -99%
1941 1629 0.000668603 5 1624 -99%
1942 2046 0.000748952 7 2039 -99%
1943 2530 0.00089635 10 2520 -99%
1944 2742 0.001019301 2742 -100%
1945 3553 0.001339284 8 3545 -100%
1946 5345 0.001672766 14 5331 -99%
1947 7783 0.002160551 10 7773 -100%
1948 10281 0.002977827 15 10266 -100%
1949 13747 0.003944873 21 13726 -100%
1950 16636 0.004748587 31 16605 -100%
1951 21226 0.00576208 24 21202 -100%
1952 25717 0.006771186 39 25678 -100%
1953 29380 0.007623953 37 29343 -100%
1954 36248 0.009105918 50 36198 -100%
1955 42299 0.010535032 55 42244 -100%
1956 48913 0.011863342 84 48829 -100%
1957 52926 0.012595003 83 52843 -100%
1958 52810 0.012774849 113 52697 -100%
1959 57076 0.013726818 130 56946 -100%
1960 58852 0.014168181 133 58719 -100%
1961 57945 0.013988602 159 57786 -99%
1962 53656 0.01329642 129 53527 -100%
1963 49455 0.012494315 123 49332 -100%
1964 45383 0.011673768 119 45264 -99%
1965 38364 0.010581862 119 38245 -99%
1966 34927 0.010049041 125 34802 -99%
1967 35058 0.010326675 144 34914 -99%
1968 35559 0.010525356 157 35402 -99%
1969 33529 0.009647736 139 33390 -99%
1970 31602 0.008762478 138 31464 -99%
1971 25246 0.0073553 114 25132 -99%
1972 21575 0.006864474 81 21494 -99%
1973 20467 0.006784145 95 20372 -99%
1974 19018 0.006255923 111 18907 -99%
1975 16831 0.005574297 89 16742 -99%
1976 15588 0.005137264 77 15511 -99%
1977 15501 0.004879909 82 15419 -99%
1978 14945 0.004708762 91 14854 -99%
1979 14482 0.00435287 89 14393 -99%
1980 14249 0.004136732 79 14170 -99%
1981 13631 0.003940307 87 13544 -99%
1982 13963 0.003980374 97 13866 -99%
1983 13914 0.00401751 96 13818 -99%
1984 13288 0.003808809 74 13214 -99%
1985 13288 0.003723057 91 13197 -99%
1986 12698 0.003569784 84 12614 -99%
1987 12062 0.003345339 66 11996 -99%
1988 11801 0.003193738 84 11717 -99%
1989 11373 0.002958293 49 11324 -99%
1990 10733 0.002715512 43 10690 -99%
1991 9709 0.002492513 26 9683 -99%
1992 8765 0.002281796 20 8745 -100%
1993 8079 0.002142812 19 8060 -100%
1994 7509 0.002019823 22 7487 -99%
1995 6909 0.001886594 22 6887 -99%
1996 6613 0.001813174 14 6599 -100%
1997 6179 0.0017042 14 6165 -100%
1998 5906 0.001605674 13 5893 -100%
1999 5618 0.001520899 12 5606 -100%
2000 5241 0.001386543 12 5229 -100%
2001 4764 0.001272643 10 4754 -100%
2002 4233 0.001132336 11 4222 -99%
2003 4038 0.001061984 5 4033 -100%
2004 3781 0.000989551 11 3770 -99%
2005 3538 0.000920193 9 3529 -99%
2006 3258 0.00082352 6 3252 -100%
2007 2978 0.000744932 5 2973 -100%
2008 2916 0.000741859 2916 -100%
2009 2578 0.000674838 2578 -100%
2010 2421 0.000655079 6 2415 -100%
2011 2432 0.000664882 2432 -100%
2012 2204 0.000602619 2204 -100%
2013 2217 0.000608119 6 2211 -99%
2014 2201 0.000593842 8 2193 -99%
2015 2077 0.000561213 2077 -100%
2016 2066 0.000563143 2066 -100%
2017 1948 0.000544713 1948 -100%
2018 1874 0.000533008 1874 -100%
2019 1685 0.00048546 1685 -100%
2020 1550 0.000463992 1550 -100%
2021 1406 0.000415 1406 -100%
2022 1433 0.000423572 1433 -100%
2023 1402 0.000423412 5 1397 -99%
2024 1437 0.000431726 1437 -100%

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