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Baby name
Marc
Boy
Origin of the name
Marc is the French form of Mark, from the Latin Marcus, generally linked to Mars, the god of war. Saint Mark, one of the four evangelists, is the patron saint of Venice.
Classic name
140,604births since 1880
1970sgeneration
No. 60rank at its peak, in 1970
Where babies named Marc are born
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Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Marc is most common in Rhode Island (3 times), New Hampshire (2.8) and Connecticut (2.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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