Marks

maleStatistical record

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

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

Marks: Recorded since 2008, its highest recorded position is #529, and it stood at #3,523 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
12times a registrar ranked it
16years from first to last
#529highest recorded position
1grouping it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2013–2023

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2013	#2660
2014	#3895
2016	#3478
2017	#4812
2018	#3011
2021	#3990
2022	#4789
2023	#3523

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 England and Wales in 8 of the 11 years from 2013 to 2023.

In 2016: #713 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3478 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2008–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2008
First recorded at #529 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 2008 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded2008–2016
Highest recorded position: #529 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2008 (recorded 2008–2016).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #3523 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Marks appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 8 ranked years and 37 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 2008.

Marks across 2 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.

Marks'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
England and Wales · Boys	#2660 (2013)	#2660 (2013)	#3523 (2023)	8 of 11	37 (2013–2023)	7 (2013)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#529 (2008)	#529 (2008)	#713 (2016)	4 of 9	15 (2008–2016)	5 (2008)

Marks appears in

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

Names recorded by exactly 2 registrars

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2008 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #529 in Republic of Ireland in 2008.

Marks'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
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#529	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 2008 and 2023, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #529, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2013, and 5 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,523position in 2023, its most recent recorded year
5 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 3 to 5 years →
7births registered in its largest year, 2013Under 25 births →

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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Markos · #1869, 20y
Markus · #13, 64y
Markuss · #342, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Ricards · #529, 9y
Moesha · #528, 10y
Emils · #527, 15y
Davinia · #533, 12y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Quin · #529, 21y
Ricards · #529, 9y
Ayeza · #528, 21y
Anaiya · #527, 25y

Marks was ranked #529 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2008. 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.

Marks 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 Marks without appearing here.

Marks moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3990 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4107.

Moved ahead of Marks

Hans Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2660 and #4685 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3895 and #1819.
Leif Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2660 and #2954 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3895 and #1935.
Rune Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3011 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3990 and #2125.
Tor Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3478 and #4023 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #4812 and #3449.

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 2 regions, from 2008 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #529 in Republic of Ireland in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Marks

Marks at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Marks across 2 official records

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Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Marks

Marks and the names beside it

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Marks at a glance

Marks across 2 official records

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Marks

Marks and the names beside it

Marks moved ahead of

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