Marek

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Marek: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Marek: Recorded since 1951, it reached #108 in 1967, and it stood at #1,758 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
87times a registrar ranked it
74years from first to last
#108highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1997	#1257
1998	#1485
1999	#1281
2000	#2142
2001	#1949
2002	#2254
2003	#1629
2004	#2070
2005	#1716
2006	#1016
2007	#902
2008	#1242
2009	#1175
2010	#792
2011	#1251
2012	#901
2013	#931
2014	#837
2015	#1586
2016	#1157
2017	#1470
2018	#1455
2019	#1369
2020	#2228
2021	#1329
2022	#1781
2023	#2160
2024	#1758

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 48 of the 56 years from 1951 to 2006.

In 2021: #755 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1329 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1951–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1951
First recorded at #364 among boys in Norway in 1951 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1951–2006
Highest recorded position: #108 among boys in Norway, in 1967 (recorded 1951–2006).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1758 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Marek appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 48 years beginning in 1951, and has registered 1,730 births with the name.

Marek across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Marek's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#364 (1951)	#108 (1967)	#512 (2006)	48 of 56	1,730 (1951–2006)	76 (1971)
England and Wales · Boys	#1765 (1996)	#792 (2010)	#1758 (2024)	29 of 29	479 (1996–2024)	37 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#527 (2007)	#387 (2011)	#755 (2021)	10 of 15	55 (2007–2021)	10 (2011)

Marek by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Marek in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	122	8 of 10	15
1960s	486	10 of 10	49
1970sbusiest	617	10 of 10	62
1980s	410	10 of 10	41
1990s	90	9 of 10	10
2000s	5	1 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 62 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1971 and 1972, when recorded births fell by 30, from 76 to 46.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Marek appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1951 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #108 in Norway in 1967.

Marek's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1758	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2160	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1781	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1329	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1369	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1455	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1470	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1157	24	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1586	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#837	36	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#931	31	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#901	33	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1251	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#792	37	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1175	21	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1242	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#902	28	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1016	22	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1281	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1257	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#512	5	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#406	8	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#523	5	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#588	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#541	5	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#592	4	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#340	12	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#351	12	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#297	17	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#234	23	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#220	28	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#231	24	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#211	28	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#174	40	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#161	43	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#165	42	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#185	36	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#151	49	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#143	53	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#119	67	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#117	68	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#111	69	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#141	51	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#117	66	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#133	58	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#131	63	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#124	66	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#160	46	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#112	76	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#140	54	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#155	44	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#120	63	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#108	69	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#135	54	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#133	51	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#149	42	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#125	49	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#154	33	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#145	38	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#133	43	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#155	31	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#166	27	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#204	19	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#236	15	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#236	13	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#335	7	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#371	5	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#364	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#457	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#387	10	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#404	8	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1951 and 2024, ranked in 73 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #108, first reached in 1967.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 76 births, registered in Norway in 1971.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 56 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Maree · #42, 23y
Maren · #21, 79y
Margaret · #2, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Viggo · #104, 68y
Edgar · #122, 76y
Bo · #129, 77y
Ester · #134, 77y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Malgorzata · #109, 60y
Iren · #104, 42y
Antoni · #103, 38y
Stina · #113, 60y

Marek was ranked #108 in Norway · Boys in 1967. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Marek and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Marek without appearing here.

Marek moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #5119.
Robyn Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2228 and #2228 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1329 and #3451.
Brent Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1716 and #1095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1016 and #2538.
Ross Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #2160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #3254.

Moved ahead of Marek

Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1781 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #1363.
Cooper Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1281 and #1850 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #2142 and #1425.
Theodor Compare
In 2014 they stood at #837 and #1012 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1586 and #873.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1781 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #1461.

Moved the opposite way to Marek

Alexander Compare
Between 1951 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Marek went from #364 to #512 while Alexander went from #350 to #17.
Andreas Compare
Between 1951 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Marek went from #364 to #512 while Andreas went from #115 to #4.
Christian Compare
Between 1951 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Marek went from #364 to #512 while Christian went from #161 to #45.
Christopher Compare
Between 1951 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Marek went from #364 to #512 while Christopher went from #309 to #125.

Moved the same way as Marek

Arild Compare
Between 1951 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Marek went from #364 to #512 and Arild from #27 to #367.
Arne Compare
Between 1951 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Marek went from #364 to #512 and Arne from #6 to #179.
Arthur Compare
Between 1951 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Marek went from #364 to #512 and Arthur from #184 to #263.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1951 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Marek went from #364 to #512 and Bjørn from #3 to #130.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1951 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #108 in Norway in 1967. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Marek

Marek at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Marek across 3 official records

Marek by decade in Norway · Boys

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Marek across 3 official records

Marek by decade in Norway · Boys

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