Mars
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MARZ
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,202 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,609 for boys
Mars is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 1,609th for boys in the US (105 babies).
What does Mars mean?
Latin: name of the Roman god of war
Mars was the Roman god of war, who gave his name to the fourth planet from the Sun and to the month of March.
Is Mars a girl's or a boy's name?
Mars is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 27 girls and 105 boys in the US.
How popular is Mars in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,202nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 160% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Mars, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Mars of any year since it first appeared, in 2012.
Half of all the boys named Mars in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Mars in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
How popular is Mars in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,609th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 105 about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 105 boys in the US were named Mars, making it the 1,609th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,634th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 154 boys. It first appears in the records in 1923. 27 girls were also named Mars in 2025 (4,877th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Mars than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Mars in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 129 boys in the US were given Mars or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,281, up from #1,609 for this spelling alone.
- Mars 105
- Marz 24
In 2025, 20% of the babies named Mars in the US were girls.
Mars in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 105 | #1,609 |
| 2024 | 125 | #1,448 |
| 2023 | 154 | #1,253 |
| 2022 | 113 | #1,566 |
| 2021 | 144 | #1,306 |
| 2020 | 98 | #1,634 |
| 2019 | 90 | #1,737 |
| 2018 | 77 | #1,919 |
| 2017 | 74 | #1,935 |
| 2016 | 57 | #2,305 |
| 2015 | 27 | #3,881 |
| 2014 | 34 | #3,232 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
Names like Mars
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca, Magnus, Maximus, Macsen, Rome, Atlas, Myles, Milo, Arlo, Idris, Ezra, Remy
Other spellings of Mars
Names related to Mars
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
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, “Mars: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mars, updated 20 October 2026.