Marek
Recorded 1956–2025 · United States
Marek was most popular in 2007, when 148 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,703 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,600, with 50 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,141 people named Marek.
Marek over time
How old is the name Marek?
Marek first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1956, which makes it about 69 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 67 of the 70 years since.
How many people are named Marek?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,141 American births named Marek between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,063 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Marek in 2025?
50 American babies were named Marek in 2025, ranking #5,600 that year.
Is Marek getting more or less popular?
Marek is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 59 births a year, against 111 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -47% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Marek a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Marek is a boy’s name — 0.2% of the 3,141 Americans given it were girls and 99.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Marek?
Roughly 3,063 Americans named Marek are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 17 years old, and half are between 11 and 25.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Marek is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org