# Marco (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marco/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɑː(ɹ).kəʊ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 76,917 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 76,578 / 339 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,602, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Romance Marco (Italian Marco, Portuguese Marco, Spanish Marco).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 8 | 8,889 |
| 1989 | 8 | 9,292 |
| 1990 | 9 | 8,943 |
| 1991 | 10 | 8,359 |
| 1992 | 8 | 10,081 |
| 1993 | 10 | 8,454 |
| 1994 | 11 | 7,952 |
| 1995 | 12 | 7,353 |
| 1996 | 5 | 14,928 |
| 1998 | 10 | 9,019 |
| 1999 | 8 | 11,010 |
| 2000 | 5 | 16,630 |
| 2002 | 9 | 10,764 |
| 2004 | 6 | 15,360 |
| 2008 | 7 | 14,817 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,257 | 280 |
| 2012 | 1,304 | 272 |
| 2013 | 1,216 | 285 |
| 2014 | 1,129 | 310 |
| 2015 | 1,086 | 320 |
| 2016 | 1,063 | 326 |
| 2017 | 1,010 | 337 |
| 2018 | 918 | 360 |
| 2019 | 831 | 379 |
| 2020 | 786 | 393 |
| 2021 | 786 | 399 |
| 2022 | 878 | 371 |
| 2023 | 836 | 382 |
| 2024 | 843 | 387 |
| 2025 | 862 | 370 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 94 | 420 |
| 2012 | 108 | 386 |
| 2013 | 82 | 469 |
| 2014 | 95 | 426 |
| 2015 | 97 | 423 |
| 2016 | 101 | 417 |
| 2017 | 109 | 401 |
| 2018 | 95 | 436 |
| 2019 | 118 | 372 |
| 2020 | 73 | 513 |
| 2021 | 85 | 475 |
| 2022 | 90 | 450 |
| 2023 | 77 | 508 |
| 2024 | 67 | 567 |
| 2025 | 84 | 462 |

## People named Marco

- Marco van Basten, Dutch association football player and manager (born 1964)
- Marco Reus, German association football player (born 1989)
- Marco Ureña, Costa Rican footballer
- Marco Antônio da Silva, Brazilian association football player
- Marco van Ginkel, Dutch association football player (born 1992)
- Marco Friedl, Austrian footballer
- Marco Bizot, Dutch association football player (born 1991)
- Marco Bode, German association football player
- Marco Beltrami, American composer
- Marco Rose, German association football player and manager
- Marco Pašalić, Croatian association football player
- Marco Etcheverry, Bolivian footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.