Markus
Markus is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 163 births. Its best rank was 501st, in 1990.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1630.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1994396 births
- Best rank
- #501in 1990
- Since 1915
- 14,800people given the name
The story in the numbers
14,800 boys have been named Markus in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1994, with 396 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 1997, and the 1990s alone account for 24%. It has spent 57 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Markus | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 16 | |
| 1920s | 56 | |
| 1930s | 23 | |
| 1940s | 37 | |
| 1950s | 291 | |
| 1960s | 726 | |
| 1970s | 1,281 | |
| 1980s | 2,136 | |
| 1990s | 3,486 | |
| 2000s | 3,251 | |
| 2010s | 2,706 | |
| 2020s | 791 |
In 1994, its biggest year
Markus was the 508th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1994 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Tyler. See all of 1994.
Names that rose and fell with Markus
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Leandrepeak 1991
- Terranpeak 1992
- Cortezpeak 1990
- Javierpeak 2001
- Sergiopeak 1995
- Germanpeak 1991
- Bradleepeak 2012
- Miguelpeak 2007
Other spellings in the data
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.