Mark remains a common boys' name (#244 in 2025), down from a peak of #6 in 1959.
Mark is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #245 for boy births in the United States (and #475 across all names), given to 1,416 babies. Mark first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1960 (58,727 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,416 | 1,416 | — | #245 |
| 2024 | 1,447 | 1,447 | — | #244 |
| 2023 | 1,406 | 1,406 | #16,742 | #249 |
| 2022 | 1,434 | 1,434 | — | #247 |
| 2021 | 1,408 | 1,408 | — | #252 |
| 2020 | 1,552 | 1,552 | — | #235 |
| 2019 | 1,685 | 1,685 | — | #223 |
| 2018 | 1,874 | 1,874 | — | #210 |
| 2017 | 1,948 | 1,948 | — | #203 |
| 2016 | 2,066 | 2,066 | — | #195 |
| 2015 | 2,078 | 2,090 | — | #196 |
| 2014 | 2,202 | 2,202 | #12,676 | #189 |
| 2013 | 2,217 | 2,217 | #15,848 | #184 |
| 2012 | 2,204 | 2,211 | — | #176 |
| 2011 | 2,433 | 2,438 | — | #159 |
| 2010 | 2,421 | 2,421 | #16,254 | #162 |
| 2009 | 2,578 | 2,586 | — | #153 |
| 2008 | 2,916 | 2,922 | — | #139 |
| 2007 | 2,978 | 2,990 | #19,461 | #138 |
| 2006 | 3,258 | 3,272 | #16,407 | #128 |
| 2005 | 3,538 | 3,555 | #11,500 | #114 |
| 2004 | 3,781 | 3,787 | #9,663 | #113 |
| 2003 | 4,038 | 4,060 | #17,403 | #105 |
| 2002 | 4,233 | 4,247 | #9,243 | #93 |
| 2001 | 4,764 | 4,780 | #9,836 | #84 |
| 2000 | 5,242 | 5,264 | #8,360 | #79 |
| 1999 | 5,618 | 5,639 | #8,036 | #69 |
| 1998 | 5,906 | 5,941 | #7,382 | #64 |
| 1997 | 6,179 | — | #6,701 | #58 |
| 1996 | 6,613 | — | #6,608 | #55 |
| 1995 | 6,910 | — | #4,626 | #52 |
| 1994 | 7,510 | — | #4,633 | #48 |
| 1993 | 8,078 | — | #5,119 | #49 |
| 1992 | 8,765 | — | #4,971 | #49 |
| 1991 | 9,710 | — | #4,003 | #47 |
| 1990 | 10,732 | — | #2,721 | #47 |
| 1989 | 11,369 | — | #2,392 | #42 |
| 1988 | 11,799 | — | #1,571 | #39 |
| 1987 | 12,059 | — | #1,786 | #36 |
| 1986 | 12,699 | — | #1,490 | #35 |
| 1985 | 13,285 | — | #1,406 | #32 |
| 1984 | 13,288 | — | #1,546 | #32 |
| 1983 | 13,911 | — | #1,280 | #31 |
| 1982 | 13,962 | — | #1,306 | #32 |
| 1981 | 13,629 | — | #1,413 | #33 |
| 1980 | 14,248 | — | #1,511 | #30 |
| 1979 | 14,475 | — | #1,386 | #30 |
| 1978 | 14,942 | — | #1,326 | #26 |
| 1977 | 15,500 | — | #1,373 | #25 |
| 1976 | 15,585 | — | #1,387 | #25 |
| 1975 | 16,831 | — | #1,261 | #19 |
| 1974 | 19,016 | — | #1,065 | #16 |
| 1973 | 20,462 | — | #1,156 | #15 |
| 1972 | 21,570 | — | #1,283 | #18 |
| 1971 | 25,247 | — | #1,052 | #13 |
| 1970 | 31,599 | — | #932 | #9 |
| 1969 | 33,527 | — | #894 | #8 |
| 1968 | 35,558 | — | #807 | #7 |
| 1967 | 35,054 | — | #844 | #7 |
| 1966 | 34,926 | — | #903 | #7 |
| 1965 | 38,363 | — | #935 | #7 |
| 1964 | 45,380 | — | #975 | #6 |
| 1963 | 49,465 | — | #956 | #6 |
| 1962 | 53,649 | — | #936 | #6 |
| 1961 | 57,955 | — | #837 | #6 |
| 1960 | 58,860 | — | #922 | #6 |
| 1959 | 57,075 | — | #918 | #6 |
| 1958 | 52,811 | — | #977 | #7 |
| 1957 | 52,924 | — | #1,164 | #7 |
| 1956 | 48,912 | — | #1,130 | #8 |
| 1955 | 42,310 | — | #1,358 | #9 |
| 1954 | 36,248 | — | #1,431 | #12 |
| 1953 | 29,378 | — | #1,636 | #12 |
| 1952 | 25,717 | — | #1,546 | #17 |
| 1951 | 21,225 | — | #2,047 | #20 |
| 1950 | 16,635 | — | #1,702 | #23 |
| 1949 | 13,746 | — | #2,189 | #24 |
| 1948 | 10,282 | — | #2,663 | #29 |
| 1947 | 7,783 | — | #3,612 | #47 |
| 1946 | 5,345 | — | #2,696 | #58 |
| 1945 | 3,553 | — | #3,579 | #72 |
| 1944 | 2,742 | — | — | #93 |
| 1943 | 2,530 | — | #3,182 | #101 |
| 1942 | 2,046 | — | #3,985 | #117 |
| 1941 | 1,629 | — | #4,822 | #122 |
| 1940 | 1,171 | — | #4,171 | #149 |
| 1939 | 875 | — | #3,322 | #170 |
| 1938 | 902 | — | — | #166 |
| 1937 | 814 | — | #4,687 | #176 |
| 1936 | 718 | — | #3,992 | #182 |
| 1935 | 797 | — | #3,081 | #175 |
| 1934 | 716 | — | #2,255 | #185 |
| 1933 | 693 | — | — | #180 |
| 1932 | 723 | — | #3,793 | #185 |
| 1931 | 678 | — | #2,266 | #197 |
| 1930 | 603 | — | #2,637 | #220 |
| 1929 | 586 | — | #3,065 | #222 |
| 1928 | 665 | — | #2,578 | #209 |
| 1927 | 714 | — | #2,649 | #200 |
| 1926 | 711 | — | #3,444 | #200 |
| 1925 | 669 | — | #2,164 | #211 |
| 1924 | 687 | — | #2,476 | #206 |
| 1923 | 670 | — | #3,051 | #203 |
| 1922 | 680 | — | #2,709 | #199 |
| 1921 | 637 | — | #3,085 | #212 |
| 1920 | 602 | — | #2,681 | #219 |
| 1919 | 600 | — | #2,596 | #212 |
| 1918 | 636 | — | #3,419 | #205 |
| 1917 | 544 | — | #2,162 | #214 |
| 1916 | 576 | — | #4,898 | #199 |
| 1915 | 544 | — | #2,104 | #205 |
| 1914 | 394 | — | #2,787 | #210 |
| 1913 | 358 | — | #2,268 | #194 |
| 1912 | 290 | — | #2,848 | #201 |
| 1911 | 142 | — | — | #207 |
| 1910 | 138 | — | #2,056 | #200 |
| 1909 | 101 | — | — | #214 |
| 1908 | 74 | — | #1,783 | #259 |
| 1907 | 104 | — | #1,747 | #200 |
| 1906 | 90 | — | #2,125 | #210 |
| 1905 | 94 | — | — | #189 |
| 1904 | 113 | — | — | #165 |
| 1903 | 81 | — | — | #196 |
| 1902 | 104 | — | — | #169 |
| 1901 | 97 | — | #1,852 | #164 |
| 1900 | 143 | — | #1,858 | #153 |
| 1899 | 89 | — | — | #166 |
| 1898 | 108 | — | — | #159 |
| 1897 | 104 | — | — | #149 |
| 1896 | 119 | — | — | #140 |
| 1895 | 107 | — | #1,741 | #154 |
| 1894 | 89 | — | #1,628 | #181 |
| 1893 | 92 | — | — | #159 |
| 1892 | 91 | — | #1,584 | #182 |
| 1891 | 86 | — | — | #154 |
| 1890 | 83 | — | — | #169 |
| 1889 | 101 | — | — | #146 |
| 1888 | 115 | — | — | #135 |
| 1887 | 76 | — | — | #167 |
| 1886 | 106 | — | — | #129 |
| 1885 | 74 | — | — | #178 |
| 1884 | 96 | — | — | #144 |
| 1883 | 91 | — | — | #142 |
| 1882 | 90 | — | — | #154 |
| 1881 | 94 | — | — | #129 |
| 1880 | 85 | — | — | #160 |