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How popular is the name Marco?
Births per year, rank history and how many Marcos are alive today.
Marco (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 462nd in 2025 with 84 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2019, when 118 babies were given the name, the 372nd most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2008, with 112 babies given the name that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 567 in 2024 before climbing back to the 462nd place it holds today. Numbers have been stable in recent years. Marco is one spelling of a name also recorded as Marko; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Marco you are most likely to meet is around 8 years old. Half of all Marcos born in England and Wales are between 9 and 27, and there are at least 3,600 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 1.2% chance that at least one of them will be called Marco.
How many babies are named Marco each year?
Includes all spellings: Marco, Marko. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Marco spelling rank?
Where does the Marko spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Marco most popular?
Marco peaked in 2019, when 144 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Marco?
At least 3,600 people named Marco in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Marco?
Most living Marcos are between 9 and 27; the most common age is about 8.
Is Marco becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.