Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Mark

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Mark
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.6% from peak

Peak era

1960

Peak rank proxy

58,719

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19602024

Peak year

1960

Decline from peak

97.6%

2024

1,437

All-time

1,360,769

Mark once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1960, when 58,719 boys were named Mark.

In 2024, only 1,437 boys were given the name.

Down 97.6% from its peak.

All told, about 1,360,769 Americans have been named Mark and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.6% from peak

196058,719 boys named Mark

20241,437 boys named Mark

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