Baby name

Mars

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13% girls / 87% boys

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Rising name

The high point came in 2023, with 154 births and the No. 1253 spot that year. The rise continues, up 142% on the previous ten years. Latest ranking, 2025: No. 1609. 56% of all babies named Mars since 1880 were born in the 2020s.

1,320births since 1880

2020sgeneration

No. 1253rank at its peak, in 2023

Where babies named Mars are born

2023

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The darker the blue, the more common Mars is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Mars is most common in California (3 times), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Mark 1,362,176
Marc 140,604
Mary 15,173
Lars 7,035
Mart 1,039

Names from the same era

Hercules · Ahron · Drue · Rayne · Waylan · Mael

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Girls and boys, decade by decade

Decade	Girls	Boys
1920s	0%	100%
1930s	0%	100%
1940s	0%	100%
1960s	0%	100%
1970s	0%	100%
1980s	0%	100%
1990s	0%	100%
2000s	0%	100%
2010s	10%	90%
2020s	17%	83%