# Marcos (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marcos/  
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 | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 53,742 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 53,580 / 162 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 381, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Romance (Spanish Marcos and Portuguese Marcos).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 5 | 12,053 |
| 1987 | 10 | 7,131 |
| 1988 | 8 | 8,890 |
| 1989 | 7 | 10,398 |
| 1990 | 8 | 9,810 |
| 1991 | 6 | 12,483 |
| 1992 | 6 | 12,728 |
| 1993 | 6 | 12,814 |
| 1994 | 13 | 6,934 |
| 1995 | 8 | 10,157 |
| 1996 | 8 | 10,158 |
| 1997 | 5 | 15,208 |
| 1999 | 5 | 15,933 |
| 2000 | 5 | 16,631 |
| 2004 | 6 | 15,361 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 891 | 340 |
| 2012 | 893 | 344 |
| 2013 | 870 | 363 |
| 2014 | 769 | 405 |
| 2015 | 762 | 408 |
| 2016 | 722 | 431 |
| 2017 | 732 | 425 |
| 2018 | 706 | 432 |
| 2019 | 658 | 454 |
| 2020 | 621 | 480 |
| 2021 | 602 | 490 |
| 2022 | 619 | 491 |
| 2023 | 640 | 475 |
| 2024 | 643 | 481 |
| 2025 | 579 | 517 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 14 | 1,669 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,539 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,630 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,442 |
| 2016 | 14 | 1,704 |
| 2017 | 18 | 1,398 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,112 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1,745 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,635 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1,782 |
| 2022 | 19 | 1,366 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,014 |

## People named Marcos

- Marcos Rojo, Argentine association football player
- Marcos Acuña, Argentine association football player
- Marcos Paulo, Brazilian association football player
- Marcos Senesi, Argentine association football player (born 1997)
- Marcos, Brazilian association football player
- Marcos Alberto Skavinski, Brazilian association football player
- Marcos Gomes de Araujo, Brazilian association football player
- Marcos Leonardo, Brazilian association football player
- Marcos Aurélio, Brazilian association football player (born 1984)
- Marcos Antonio García Nascimento, Brazilian association football player
- Marcos Aurélio Galeano, Brazilian association football player
- Marcos Júnior, Brazilian association football player

## 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.