Marcus: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced MAHR-kuhs · 2 syllables

Borrowing of Latin Marcus. Doublet of Mark.

How popular is Marcus?

Marcus was the #258 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,341 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 45% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1980.

Babies named Marcus in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1980).

Half of US adults named Marcus are older than 40; most are between 20 and 66. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Marcus have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Marcus is pronounced MAHR-kuhs.

Marcus was the #258 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,341 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 45% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1980.

Half of US adults named Marcus are older than 40. Most are between 20 and 66.