Marek
Masculine · “of Mars”
Marek is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 3,136 boys against 5 girls since 1880.
Marek is the Polish and Czech of Mark — belonging to Mars, who started out looking after crops.
How old is the name Marek?
Marek first appears in US birth records in 1956 — 69 years ago. The typical Marek alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 3,100 people named Marek are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Marek most popular?
Marek peaked in 2010, reaching #1219 nationally. Today it ranks #2604, 1,385 places below that high. See the whole 2010 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Mars to Marek
The story of Marek
Mars began as a god of agriculture and boundaries and only later became the war god Rome is remembered for; the month of March is his. Mark wrote the shortest and earliest gospel. Marek is standard across Polish, Czech and Slovak naming and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
of Mars
From the Latin Marcus, generally derived from Mars. Mars was an agricultural deity before he was a war god, and March is named for him. The derivation is standard though the god's own name has no recovered etymology. Marek is the Polish, Czech and Slovak form.
How the name formed
- Mars
- Marcus
- Marek
Related forms: Marek · Marek · Mark
Pronouncing Marek
MAR-ek
Two syllables, stress on the first. Polish and Czech say it identically.
Nicknames for Marek
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1956
- Most boys named
- 2010145 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1219reached in 2010
- Change vs 2024
- −9.1%50 in 2025, from 55
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Marek in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Marek in Polish — same name
- Marek in Czech — same name
- Mark in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Michigan, Texas.
Mareks among us
people named Marek are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 34,162 born in 2025 was named Marek
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Terri test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Marek's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Terri climbed just as high around 1964, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Terri's path sketches the road Marek is walking now.
Marek sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Marek is headed
Marek should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Marek beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Marek in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That Mars began as an agricultural god is a first-rate fact.
- Mark is available as an English equivalent with a large record.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- Mark is what English speakers will substitute.
- It reads as specifically Polish or Czech.
- Mars's own name has no recovered etymology.
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Frequently asked
- How many Mareks are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,100 people named Marek are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Marek in 2025?
- Marek ranks #2604 among US boy names in 2025, with 50 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Marek?
- About 1 in every 34,162 US boys born in 2025 was named Marek — 50 in all.
- Will my child share the name Marek with classmates?
- Marek will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Marek
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