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Marek

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Marek is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 55 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
550.00% of boys
Peak year
2010145 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1956
3,086people given the name
Babies named Marek, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

3,086 boys have been named Marek in the United States since 1956, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2010, with 145 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2008, and the 2010s alone account for 35%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Marek
1950s16
1960s86
1970s147
1980s219
1990s292
2000s948
2010s1,067
2020s311

In 2010, its biggest year

Marek was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2010 were Jacob, Ethan, Michael, Jayden and William. See all of 2010.

Names that rose and fell with Marek

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.