Marc

How popular is Marc in the UK?

Rank in 2025

1,473rd among boys

Babies in 2025

19 about 1 in 16,000 boys

Five-year trend

Falling down 30% in five years

Same name in a class

under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 19 boys in the UK were named Marc, making it the 1,473rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,105th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 378 boys.

2025 had the fewest boys named Marc since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Marc in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 205 boys in the UK were given Marc or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #262, up from #1,473 for this spelling alone.

• Mark 186
• Marc 19

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1974 (#54) and 1984 (#62).

How popular is Marc in the US?

Rank in 2025

1,235th among boys

Babies in 2025

162 about 1 in 11,000 boys

Five-year trend

Steady down 22% in five years

Same name in a class

under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 162 boys in the US were named Marc, making it the 1,235th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,086th. Its busiest year was 1970, with 5,009 boys. It first appears in the records in 1901.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Marc than any year since 1940.

Half of all the boys named Marc in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,588 boys in the US were given Marc or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #245, up from #1,235 for this spelling alone.

• Mark 1,416
• Marc 162
• Marck 10