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Marek

Boy · MA-rek · Latin

Marek is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “dedicated to Mars”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 2,604th for boys in the US (50 babies).

What does Marek mean?

Latin: Polish, Czech and Slovak form of Mark

“dedicated to Mars”

Polish, Czech and Slovak form of Mark.

Say it
MA-rek

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

Marek is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 50 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Marek in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,742among boys
Babies in 2025
8about 1 in 37,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 26% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Marek, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 38 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Marek than any year since 2004.

Half of all the boys named Marek in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 38 in 20142025
Marek in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20258#2,742
202414#1,825
202312#2,024
202214#1,789
202120#1,389
202010#2,185
201918#1,479
201818#1,486
201717#1,563
201625#1,195
201518#1,476
201438#874
201335#919
201236#922
201123#1,203
201037#867
200926#1,086
200823#1,171
200728#973
200624#1,034
200511#1,701
20047#2,157
200310#1,608
20025#2,358
20018#1,690
20005#2,237
199910#1,352
19988#1,569
199712#1,174
19966#1,840

How popular is Marek in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,604among boys
Babies in 2025
50about 1 in 34,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 32% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 50 boys in the US were named Marek, making it the 2,604th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,113th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 145 boys. It first appears in the records in 1956.

2025 had fewer boys named Marek than any year since 2001.

Half of all the boys named Marek in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

1956Busiest: 145 in 20102025
Marek in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202550#2,604
202455#2,476
202354#2,479
202273#2,059
202163#2,224
202066#2,113
201966#2,149
2018101#1,617
201790#1,725
2016108#1,539
2015111#1,491
2014109#1,485
2013129#1,326
201299#1,588
2011109#1,484
2010145#1,219
2009139#1,266
2008129#1,334
2007143#1,229
2006122#1,339
2005104#1,410
2004100#1,412
200365#1,812
200261#1,847
200149#2,113
200036#2,573
199936#2,459
199832#2,596
199731#2,542
199632#2,436
199532#2,395
199443#1,922
199323#2,937
199224#2,828
199124#2,747
199015#3,773
198934#2,062
198825#2,362
198721#2,555
198625#2,224
198513#3,398
198421#2,363
198320#2,407
198217#2,708
198123#2,203
198020#2,443
197920#2,378
197812#3,214
197718#2,458
197615#2,708
197514#2,749
197415#2,547
197316#2,403
197210#3,150
197111#2,971
197016#2,292
196913#2,414
196820#1,787
196713#2,241
19666#3,535
19658#2,980
196410#2,664
19630–
19629#2,846
19617#3,354
19600–
19595#3,986
19586#3,557
19570–
19565#3,940

Names like Marek

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

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