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Marco

Italian form of Marcus.

PronunciationItalian /ˈmar.ko/; Spanish /ˈmaɾ.ko/; European Portuguese /ˈmaɾ.ku/; Brazilian Portuguese /ˈmah.ku/; German /ˈmaʁ.ko/; Dutch /ˈmɑr.koː/
Usage languagesDutch, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
US rank (2025)#370

Meaning and history

Marco is the Italian form of Marcus, related to Mark. It was common in medieval Venice, where Saint Mark was believed to be buried, and was famously borne by 13th-century Venetian explorer Marco Polo, who traveled across Asia to China.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 1,865 births, rank #206
2007: 1,867 births, rank #209
2008: 1,678 births, rank #224
2009: 1,464 births, rank #242
2010: 1,312 births, rank #264
20112011: 1,257 births, rank #280
2012: 1,304 births, rank #272
2013: 1,216 births, rank #285
2014: 1,129 births, rank #309
2015: 1,086 births, rank #320
20162016: 1,063 births, rank #326
2017: 1,010 births, rank #336
2018: 918 births, rank #360
2019: 831 births, rank #379
2020: 786 births, rank #393
20212021: 786 births, rank #399
2022: 878 births, rank #371
2023: 836 births, rank #382
2024: 843 births, rank #386
20252025: 862 births, rank #370

Marco rose from #387 to #370 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2005, with 2,117 births.