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Marcos

Gender
Boy
Say it
MAR-kos
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#2,087 for boys
US rank, 2025
#516 for boys

Marcos is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “dedicated to Mars”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 516th for boys in the US (579 babies).

What does Marcos mean?

Latin: Spanish and Portuguese form of Mark

“dedicated to Mars”

Spanish and Portuguese form of Mark, from the Roman name Marcus.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Marcos a girl's or a boy's name?

Marcos is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 579 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Marcos in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,087among boys
Babies in 2025
12about 1 in 25,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 5% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Marcos, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd. Its busiest year was 2003, with 20 boys.

Half of all the boys named Marcos in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 253 boys in the UK were given Marcos or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #228, up from #2,087 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 20 in 20032025
Marcos in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202512#2,087
20247#3,003
202317#1,571
202220#1,404
202113#1,876
202014#1,733
201914#1,756
201810#2,234
201719#1,428
201615#1,723
201517#1,535
201414#1,743
201315#1,636
201214#1,765
20116#3,038
201010#2,141
200915#1,582
200817#1,436
200717#1,399
200613#1,558
200518#1,216
200411#1,583
200320#1,010
200216#1,109
200110#1,458
20005#2,237
199913#1,142
19989#1,446
19974#2,438
19968#1,506

How popular is Marcos in the US?

Rank in 2025
#516among boys
Babies in 2025
579about 1 in 2,900 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 6% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 579 boys in the US were named Marcos, making it the 516th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 480th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 1,415 boys. It first appears in the records in 1888.

2025 had fewer boys named Marcos than any year since 1979.

Half of all the boys named Marcos in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,082 boys in the US were given Marcos or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #191, up from #516 for this spelling alone.

1888Busiest: 1,415 in 20012025
Marcos in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025579#516
2024643#479
2023640#475
2022619#491
2021602#490
2020621#480
2019658#454
2018706#432
2017732#425
2016722#431
2015762#408
2014769#405
2013870#362
2012893#344
2011891#340
20101,027#312
20091,212#280
20081,349#261
20071,388#254
20061,386#248
20051,360#246
20041,369#244
20031,379#241
20021,328#247
20011,415#240
20001,407#239
19991,316#242
19981,341#236
19971,320#234
19961,350#224
19951,144#249
19941,139#253
19931,113#257
19921,077#263
19911,028#264
1990963#273
1989805#300
1988727#310
1987705#306
1986738#284
1985725#284
1984665#300
1983672#295
1982623#316
1981632#304
1980630#308
1979531#339
1978528#332
1977527#339
1976451#359
1975521#334
1974463#357
1973454#362
1972406#390
1971362#426
1970367#427
1969308#446
1968265#467
1967248#478
1966199#544
1965245#490
1964220#527
1963187#578
1962186#575
1961177#593
1960165#608
1959153#622
1958126#677
1957109#713
1956103#719
1955107#707
195499#724
195394#737
195295#720
195182#774
195094#705
194984#748
194875#788
194753#974
194670#793
194552#864
194441#1,018
194345#998
194247#970
194140#1,019
194048#919
193939#1,015
193842#977
193727#1,288
193640#989
193535#1,098
193438#1,059
193340#1,013
193241#1,035
193154#869
193043#1,053
192948#975
192853#927
192754#937
192634#1,242
192546#1,012
192444#1,071
192354#930
192230#1,333
192156#939
192048#987
191936#1,159
191830#1,285
191739#1,062
191621#1,548
191524#1,372
191427#1,101
191313#1,496
191212#1,416
19117#1,386
19100–
19090–
19087#1,112
19076#1,199
19067#1,003
19057#1,001
19046#1,063
19030–
19020–
19010–
19000–
18990–
18980–
18970–
18960–
18950–
18940–
18930–
18920–
18910–
18900–
18890–
18885#1,030

Names like Marcos

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Lucas Luca Cruz Victor Miguel Roman Spencer Mason Magnus Vincent Luis Hector

Other spellings of Marcos

Marcus Markus Markas Markos

More Latin names

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Every Latin name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Marcos: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marcos, updated 20 October 2026.