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Baby name
Mark
Boy
Origin of the name
Mark is the English form of the Latin Marcus, an ancient Roman first name, probably linked to Mars, the Roman god of war. In the Gospels, Mark is one of the four evangelists.
Short-lived name
1,362,176births since 1880
1960sgeneration
No. 6rank at its peak, in 1960
Where babies named Mark are born
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Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Mark is most common in Minnesota (1.5 times), Wisconsin (1.5) and Delaware (1.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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