Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Marc

Gender

Male

Origin

French
Form of Mark.

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Marc

Pronunciation

m(a)-rc

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1970 (rank #60, 5,014 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1235, 162 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1970 (rank #2781, 25 births); most recent 2000 (rank #9157, 10 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025162–
2024172–
2023194–
2022195–
2021217–
2020182–
2019222–
2018269–
2017298–
2016356–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 1996 (rank #169, 202 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1613, 16 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202516
202429
202313
202229
202128
202022
201923
201838
201734
201643

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1959 (rank #17, 6,640 births); most recent 2023 (rank #364, 142 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1934 (rank #572, 10 births); most recent 1967 (rank #1506, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023142–
2022164–
2021169–
2020180–
2019186–
2018187–
2017207–
2016207–
2015217–
2014210–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 1989 (rank #117, 37 births); most recent 2025 (rank #390, 9 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
20259
20245
20233
20223
20214
20206
20196
20187
201711
201614

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 1991 (rank #41, 217 births); most recent 2025 (rank #762, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
20253
20246
20234
20224
20216
20205
20196
20185
201712
201613

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 1998 (rank #73, 41 births); most recent 2023 (rank #395, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
20233
2022–
20213
2020–
20193
20183
2017–
20167

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1985 (rank #94, 44 births); most recent 2020 (rank #598, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
20205
2019–
20185
20177
20165
2015–
20147

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence