Markus
Boy · MAR-kus · Latin
Markus is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “dedicated to Mars”. In 2025 it ranked 1,372nd for boys in the UK (21 babies) and 1,333rd for boys in the US (144 babies).
What does Markus mean?
Latin: German and Scandinavian form of Marcus
“dedicated to Mars”
German, Scandinavian and Finnish form of Marcus.
- Say it
- MAR-kus
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Is Markus a girl's or a boy's name?
Markus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the UK and 144 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Markus in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,372among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the UK were named Markus, making it the 1,372nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,179th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 50 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Markus than any year since 2005.
Half of all the boys named Markus in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 253 boys in the UK were given Markus or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #228, up from #1,372 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales and 560th in Scotland.
Markus in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,372 |
| 2024 | 27 | #1,137 |
| 2023 | 27 | #1,160 |
| 2022 | 25 | #1,181 |
| 2021 | 28 | #1,110 |
| 2020 | 25 | #1,179 |
| 2019 | 30 | #1,037 |
| 2018 | 30 | #1,043 |
| 2017 | 35 | #961 |
| 2016 | 38 | #902 |
| 2015 | 42 | #825 |
| 2014 | 42 | #817 |
| 2013 | 41 | #831 |
| 2012 | 49 | #741 |
| 2011 | 35 | #906 |
| 2010 | 40 | #817 |
| 2009 | 50 | #698 |
| 2008 | 32 | #933 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,139 |
| 2006 | 22 | #1,096 |
| 2005 | 19 | #1,180 |
| 2004 | 22 | #1,010 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,205 |
| 2002 | 25 | #821 |
| 2001 | 18 | #978 |
| 2000 | 23 | #812 |
| 1999 | 20 | #870 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,180 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,111 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,290 |
How popular is Markus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,333among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 144about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 144 boys in the US were named Markus, making it the 1,333rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,209th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 396 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Markus in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,082 boys in the US were given Markus or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #191, up from #1,333 for this spelling alone.
Markus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 144 | #1,333 |
| 2024 | 165 | #1,220 |
| 2023 | 140 | #1,346 |
| 2022 | 152 | #1,269 |
| 2021 | 181 | #1,125 |
| 2020 | 156 | #1,209 |
| 2019 | 181 | #1,098 |
| 2018 | 212 | #979 |
| 2017 | 225 | #929 |
| 2016 | 264 | #849 |
| 2015 | 261 | #864 |
| 2014 | 327 | #732 |
| 2013 | 279 | #797 |
| 2012 | 265 | #825 |
| 2011 | 345 | #684 |
| 2010 | 347 | #681 |
| 2009 | 392 | #639 |
| 2008 | 355 | #680 |
| 2007 | 346 | #685 |
| 2006 | 370 | #634 |
| 2005 | 289 | #707 |
| 2004 | 332 | #634 |
| 2003 | 302 | #655 |
| 2002 | 288 | #652 |
| 2001 | 277 | #661 |
| 2000 | 300 | #624 |
| 1999 | 305 | #603 |
| 1998 | 286 | #631 |
| 1997 | 330 | #568 |
| 1996 | 306 | #588 |
| 1995 | 350 | #543 |
| 1994 | 396 | #508 |
| 1993 | 375 | #530 |
| 1992 | 390 | #514 |
| 1991 | 363 | #530 |
| 1990 | 386 | #494 |
| 1989 | 317 | #542 |
| 1988 | 299 | #528 |
| 1987 | 266 | #557 |
| 1986 | 236 | #577 |
| 1985 | 192 | #635 |
| 1984 | 201 | #599 |
| 1983 | 177 | #645 |
| 1982 | 163 | #681 |
| 1981 | 148 | #710 |
| 1980 | 137 | #749 |
| 1979 | 148 | #702 |
| 1978 | 163 | #658 |
| 1977 | 136 | #732 |
| 1976 | 134 | #722 |
| 1975 | 130 | #725 |
| 1974 | 125 | #728 |
| 1973 | 109 | #765 |
| 1972 | 97 | #813 |
| 1971 | 119 | #748 |
| 1970 | 120 | #750 |
| 1969 | 104 | #766 |
| 1968 | 88 | #788 |
| 1967 | 86 | #786 |
| 1966 | 79 | #819 |
| 1965 | 69 | #881 |
| 1964 | 66 | #936 |
| 1963 | 68 | #905 |
| 1962 | 45 | #1,146 |
| 1961 | 64 | #957 |
| 1960 | 56 | #1,020 |
| 1959 | 45 | #1,155 |
| 1958 | 51 | #1,070 |
| 1957 | 34 | #1,344 |
| 1956 | 34 | #1,316 |
| 1955 | 28 | #1,457 |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,381 |
| 1953 | 20 | #1,708 |
| 1952 | 17 | #1,855 |
| 1951 | 19 | #1,724 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,110 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,497 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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