Marko

maleStatistical record

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

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

Marko: Recorded since 1968, it reached #286 in 1987, and it stood at #436 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
95times a registrar ranked it
58years from first to last
#286highest recorded position
19groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1337
1997	#1345
1998	#1263
1999	#1199
2000	#1096
2001	#1027
2002	#1322
2003	#1410
2004	#1160
2005	#1246
2006	#1016
2007	#1306
2008	#1511
2009	#1358
2010	#1407
2011	#1447
2012	#1119
2013	#1247
2014	#1630
2015	#1121
2016	#1498
2017	#1627
2018	#1875
2019	#1056
2020	#1825
2021	#1688
2022	#1879
2023	#1309
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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 53 of the 58 years from 1968 to 2025.

In 2024: #404 among boys in Norway, #655 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1758 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1968–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1968
First recorded at #467 among boys in Norway in 1968 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1968–2025
Highest recorded position: #286 among boys in Norway, in 1987 (recorded 1968–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #436 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Marko appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 53 years beginning in 1968, and has registered 470 births with the name.

Marko 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.

Marko'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	#467 (1968)	#286 (1987)	#436 (2025)	53 of 58	470 (1968–2025)	17 (1982)
England and Wales · Boys	#1337 (1996)	#1016 (2006)	#1758 (2024)	29 of 29	448 (1996–2024)	26 (2019)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#500 (2003)	#435 (2011)	#655 (2024)	13 of 22	60 (2003–2024)	8 (2011)

Marko 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 Marko in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	15	2 of 10	8
1970s	87	10 of 10	9
1980sbusiest	131	10 of 10	13
1990s	79	9 of 10	9
2000s	74	9 of 10	8
2010s	61	9 of 10	7
2020s	23	4 of 10	6

Across Norway · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Marko 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 1968 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #286 in Norway in 1987.

Marko'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	#1309	20	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1879	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1688	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1825	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1056	26	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1875	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1498	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1121	24	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1630	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1247	20	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1119	24	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1447	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1407	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1358	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1511	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1306	17	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1016	22	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1246	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1160	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1410	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1322	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1027	15	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1096	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1199	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1263	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1345	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1337	9	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#436	6	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#404	7	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#403	6	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#463	4	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#467	5	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#458	6	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#429	7	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#393	9	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#435	7	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#501	5	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#441	7	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#515	5	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#371	10	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#409	9	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#483	6	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#297	14	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#405	8	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#395	8	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#567	4	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#503	5	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#332	10	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#346	10	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#417	8	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#362	10	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#524	5	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#444	7	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#424	8	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#533	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#364	11	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#453	8	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#297	17	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#546	6	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#349	13	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#286	17	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#374	12	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#294	17	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#350	13	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#336	14	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#292	17	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#409	10	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#366	12	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#410	10	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#302	15	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#380	11	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#428	9	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#468	8	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#535	6	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#391	10	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#525	6	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#476	7	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#540	5	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#389	9	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#467	6	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#466	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#550	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#457	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	8	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	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 1968 and 2025, ranked in 57 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #286, first reached in 1987.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 35 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.

Mark · #2, 75y
Markas · #334, 17y
Markos · #1869, 20y
Marks · #529, 10y

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.

Andres · #288, 62y
Pedro · #283, 60y
Margarita · #291, 62y
Ilona · #277, 61y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Naomh · #286, 12y
Arvydas · #287, 25y
Kathrin · #285, 27y
Kathrina · #287, 24y

Marko was ranked #286 in Norway · Boys in 1987. 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.

Marko 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 Marko without appearing here.

Marko moved ahead of

Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1309 and #4107.
Roger Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #1781 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1309 and #3523.
Brent Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1246 and #1095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1016 and #2538.
Craig Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #1692 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1309 and #2325.

Moved ahead of Marko

Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1688 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1879 and #967.
Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1309 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #1132.
Theodor Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1247 and #1339 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1630 and #1012.
Harper Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1358 and #1425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1407 and #897.

Moved the opposite way to Marko

Theodor Compare
Between 1978 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Marko went from #302 to #436 while Theodor went from #586 to #11.
Liam Compare
Between 1982 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Marko went from #292 to #436 while Liam went from #586 to #7.
Nathan Compare
Between 1982 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Marko went from #292 to #436 while Nathan went from #633 to #344.
Birk Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Marko went from #297 to #436 while Birk went from #562 to #18.

Moved the same way as Marko

Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Marko went from #1337 to #1879 and Brent from #898 to #3449.
Tor Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Marko went from #1337 to #1879 and Tor from #2020 to #3449.
Ole Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Marko went from #1263 to #1879 and Ole from #2901 to #4789.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 1968 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #286 in Norway in 1987. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Marko

Marko at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Marko across 3 official records

Marko by decade in Norway · Boys

Marko appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Marko

Marko and the names beside it

Marko moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Marko

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Marko at a glance

Marko across 3 official records

Marko by decade in Norway · Boys

Marko appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Marko

Marko and the names beside it

Marko moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Marko

Moved the opposite way to Marko

Moved the same way as Marko