Marcos

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A few things about Marcos you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Marcos

Marcos Rojo

Argentine association football player

Choose Marcos and your child shares a first name with Marcos Rojo, an Argentine association football player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Marcos, like who?” Marcos Rojo's Wikipedia article is available in 60 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Кирилл Венедиктов, CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 2,950 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Marcos, 579 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Marcos would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryMarcos first shows up in US birth records in 1888, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 137 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 1996, when it reached #224.
• 📉Then vs nowMarcos was 2.1× more common in 2000 than it is today. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 1,396 baby boys; in 2025, about 1 in 2,950.
• 🍂TrendMarcos has slipped 36 places over the last five years and now sits at #516. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedMarcos is most popular in California, where it ranks #306, followed by Texas (#316) and Nebraska (#335). It's in the top 1,000 in 23 states.
• 🌍OriginMarcos is the #8 most popular Portuguese boy name in the US. That's out of 44 Portuguese boy and unisex names in our list.

About the name Marcos

Marcos is a boy name of Latin, Portuguese and Spanish origin. It has 6 letters and 2 syllables, starting with M and ending in “-cos”. US birth records list Marcos for boys from 1888 to 2025, in 121 of those 138 years. Its best year was 1996, when it ranked #224 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #516, with 579 babies.

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