Marki
A diminutive of the masculine name Marcus, potentially derived from Mars, the Roman god of war.
Name Census estimates that about 380 living Americans carry the first name Marki. It is a predominantly female name (91.5% of registrations). The average person named Marki today is around 35 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Marki births was 1990 (38 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Marki. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
380
~ 1 in 901,985 Americans
Peak year
1990
38 babies that year
Average age
35
years old
2019 SSA rank
#13,404
Tracked since 1970
Census
Marki in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 547 people with the first name Marki, which placed it at #19,370 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#19,370
National first-name rank
People counted
547
547 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
64.0% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Marki
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Marki is White at 64.0%. The next largest groups are Black (20.8%) and Hispanic (8.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Marki described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Marki at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White64.0% · 350
- Black or African American20.8% · 114
- Hispanic or Latino8.0% · 44
- Two or more races4.8% · 26
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.3% · 7
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.1% · 6
Gender
Gender distribution for Marki
Marki leans heavily female at 91.5% of total registrations, but 34 boys have also been registered with the name over the years, giving it a small but present crossover presence.
Marki as a male name
- Ranked #13,404 in 2019
- 5 male births in 2019
- Peak: 1974 (7 births)
Marki as a female name
- Ranked #18,188 in 2015
- 5 female births in 2015
- Peak: 1990 (38 births)
2020 Census snapshot
The 2020 Census sex table shows Marki on both sides of the split. Of the 542 people counted with this name, 114 were male (21.0%) and 428 were female (79.0%).
Popularity
Marki: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Marki from the 1970s through to the 2010s, spanning 5 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1990s, with 195 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1990s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Marki by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Marki during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Markis live
Origin
Meaning and history of Marki
The name Marki is of Slavic origin, derived from the Latin name Marcus, which itself is derived from the Roman name Mart-ius, meaning "dedicated to Mars," the Roman god of war. The name Marki can be traced back to the early medieval period in Eastern Europe.
In the 9th century, the name Marki appeared in the Old Church Slavonic language, which was used in the liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox Church. It was a variant of the name Marko, which was popular among the Slavic peoples of the Balkan region.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Marki can be found in the Novgorod Codex, a collection of Old Russian legal texts dating back to the 13th century. This suggests that the name was in use among the East Slavic populations during that time.
In the 14th century, a notable figure bearing the name Marki was Marki Pečenьega, a Serbian nobleman and military leader who fought against the Ottoman Empire. He is mentioned in several historical chronicles from the period.
Another prominent individual named Marki was Marki Vrubelj, a 15th-century Polish artist and painter known for his religious works and frescoes in churches throughout Poland and Lithuania.
In the 16th century, Marki Sittikus von Hohenems was an Austrian nobleman and statesman who served as the governor of the Tyrol region under the Holy Roman Empire.
One of the most famous bearers of the name Marki was Marki Radetzky, an Austrian field marshal and military leader who served during the Napoleonic Wars and the revolutionary upheavals of 1848. He was born in 1766 and died in 1858.
Despite its historical roots, the name Marki has fallen into relative obscurity in modern times, though it may still be encountered occasionally in certain Slavic-speaking regions.
People
Marki + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Marki as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with M
Other first names starting with M with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Marki: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Marki?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 380 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Marki going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 901,985 US residents.
Is Marki a common name?
We classify Marki as "Very Rare". It ranks above 81.8% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 398 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Marki most popular?
The single biggest year for Marki was 1990, when 38 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Marki is about 35 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Marki in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 547 people with the name Marki, or 0.18 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #19,370 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Marki in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Marki?
The 2020 Census sex table shows Marki on both sides of the split. Of the 542 people counted with this name, 114 were male (21.0%) and 428 were female (79.0%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Marki?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Marki is White at 64.0%. The next largest groups are Black (20.8%) and Hispanic (8.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Marki most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Marki in the 2020 Census, accounting for 64.0% (350 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Marki in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Marki a female name?
Yes, 91.5% of people registered as Marki in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Marki still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Marki in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Marki can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have the name Marki?
HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, answers that with the living-bearer count in one glance.