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How popular is the name Marks?
Births per year, rank history and how many Markses are alive today.
Marks (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2023 (ranked 3524th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 2013, when 7 babies were given the name, the 2660th most popular that year. Marks is one spelling of a name also recorded as Marques; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Marks you are most likely to meet is around 21 years old - or else around 9: the name has two living generations. Half of all Markses born in England and Wales are between 9 and 23, and there are at least 110 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Marks - on average, only one in every 2,755 such rooms contains a Marks.
How many babies are named Marks each year?
Includes all spellings: Marks, Marques. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Marks spelling rank?
Where does the Marques 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 Marks most popular?
Marks peaked in 2013, when 10 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Marks?
At least 110 people named Marks in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Marks?
Most living Markses are between 9 and 23; the most common age is about 21. There is a second cluster around 9.
Is Marks becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.