Markus is an established variant of Marcus that peaked in 1994 and has grown less common since.
Markus is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,336 for boy births in the United States (and #2,780 across all names), given to 144 babies. Markus first appears in 1915 and peaked in 1994 (396 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 144 | 144 | #1,336 |
| 2024 | 165 | 165 | #1,222 |
| 2023 | 140 | 140 | #1,355 |
| 2022 | 152 | 152 | #1,276 |
| 2021 | 181 | 181 | #1,129 |
| 2020 | 156 | 156 | #1,212 |
| 2019 | 181 | 181 | #1,099 |
| 2018 | 212 | 212 | #980 |
| 2017 | 225 | 225 | #932 |
| 2016 | 264 | 264 | #852 |
| 2015 | 261 | 261 | #867 |
| 2014 | 327 | 332 | #734 |
| 2013 | 279 | 279 | #797 |
| 2012 | 265 | 265 | #828 |
| 2011 | 345 | 345 | #686 |
| 2010 | 347 | 347 | #682 |
| 2009 | 392 | 401 | #640 |
| 2008 | 355 | 355 | #681 |
| 2007 | 346 | 346 | #687 |
| 2006 | 370 | 370 | #634 |
| 2005 | 289 | 289 | #709 |
| 2004 | 332 | 332 | #636 |
| 2003 | 302 | 302 | #657 |
| 2002 | 288 | 288 | #653 |
| 2001 | 277 | 277 | #662 |
| 2000 | 300 | 300 | #625 |
| 1999 | 305 | 305 | #604 |
| 1998 | 286 | 286 | #631 |
| 1997 | 330 | — | #568 |
| 1996 | 306 | — | #588 |
| 1995 | 350 | — | #544 |
| 1994 | 396 | — | #508 |
| 1993 | 375 | — | #530 |
| 1992 | 390 | — | #514 |
| 1991 | 363 | — | #530 |
| 1990 | 386 | — | #495 |
| 1989 | 317 | — | #544 |
| 1988 | 299 | — | #528 |
| 1987 | 266 | — | #558 |
| 1986 | 236 | — | #579 |
| 1985 | 192 | — | #636 |
| 1984 | 201 | — | #602 |
| 1983 | 177 | — | #645 |
| 1982 | 163 | — | #681 |
| 1981 | 148 | — | #712 |
| 1980 | 137 | — | #750 |
| 1979 | 148 | — | #706 |
| 1978 | 163 | — | #659 |
| 1977 | 136 | — | #733 |
| 1976 | 134 | — | #725 |
| 1975 | 130 | — | #729 |
| 1974 | 125 | — | #728 |
| 1973 | 109 | — | #765 |
| 1972 | 97 | — | #814 |
| 1971 | 119 | — | #752 |
| 1970 | 120 | — | #750 |
| 1969 | 104 | — | #768 |
| 1968 | 88 | — | #793 |
| 1967 | 86 | — | #789 |
| 1966 | 79 | — | #825 |
| 1965 | 69 | — | #888 |
| 1964 | 66 | — | #942 |
| 1963 | 68 | — | #910 |
| 1962 | 45 | — | #1,160 |
| 1961 | 64 | — | #964 |
| 1960 | 56 | — | #1,027 |
| 1959 | 45 | — | #1,164 |
| 1958 | 51 | — | #1,075 |
| 1957 | 34 | — | #1,358 |
| 1956 | 34 | — | #1,327 |
| 1955 | 28 | — | #1,474 |
| 1954 | 30 | — | #1,399 |
| 1953 | 20 | — | #1,754 |
| 1952 | 17 | — | #1,912 |
| 1951 | 19 | — | #1,761 |
| 1950 | 13 | — | #2,166 |
| 1949 | 9 | — | #2,737 |
| 1948 | 8 | — | #2,937 |
| 1947 | 10 | — | #2,607 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | #3,738 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | #3,826 |
| 1939 | 5 | — | #3,794 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | #3,876 |
| 1932 | 8 | — | #3,010 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | #4,348 |
| 1928 | 6 | — | #3,982 |
| 1926 | 10 | — | #2,834 |
| 1925 | 6 | — | #4,025 |
| 1924 | 11 | — | #2,768 |
| 1923 | 6 | — | #4,088 |
| 1922 | 7 | — | #3,742 |
| 1920 | 10 | — | #2,890 |
| 1916 | 9 | — | #2,856 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | #3,270 |