Marco

What Marco means

Italian, from Latin Mārcus, meaning “pertaining to Mars”

From Latin Mārcus, from an earlier adjectival form *martcus (“pertaining to Mars”), from the name of the deity Mārs.

Source: Wiktionary, “Marco” (revision 93940603), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Marco?

US: Falling: down from #320 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #423 in 2015, #462 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2001, when 2,109 boys got the name (#179 that year). First in the US records in 1910.

How common

• About 1 in 1,982 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,237 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,403 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in TX (0.9 per 1,000 boys), AZ (0.89 per 1,000 boys), NJ (0.88 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Marco is #370 in the US and #462 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Marco were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Marko72 US · 21 E&W
• Marek50 US · 8 E&W
• Marik17 US
• Mirko9 US · 4 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Marco

Boys

• Marcos#516Editor’s note Down from #408 in 2015 to #516 in 2025 in the US
• Luis#144Same root as Louis, meaning “loud; famous + battle”^*
• Carlos#150Spanish and Portuguese form of Charles, meaning “free man”^*
• Javier#274Spanish, from Basque Xabier, meaning “the new house”^*
• Jesus#173Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2004, with 6,472 babies; 2,078 in 2025
• Jorge#322Same root as George, meaning “farmer, earth worker”^*

For a sister

• Angel#546Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2002, with 3,100 babies; 551 in 2025
• Alejandra#604Same root as Alexandra, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Angelica#707Italian, meaning “angelic”^*
• Ana#245Editor’s note Down from #211 in 2015 to #245 in 2025 in the US
• Andrea#235Feminine form of Andreas, meaning “manly”^*
• Carmen#389Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1960, with 2,440 babies; 798 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Marco’s. Rank is US 2025.