Mars
Mars is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 124 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1240.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2023154 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1923
- 1,388people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,213 boys have been named Mars in the United States since 1923, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 154 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2020, and the 2020s alone account for 52%.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 175 girls have also been given it, 13% of the total.
By decade
In 2023, its biggest year
Mars was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Mars
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Azaiahpeak 2024
- Covepeak 2024
- Lianpeak 2024
- Ryattpeak 2024
- Briggspeak 2024
- Tadeopeak 2024
- Caspianpeak 2024
- Everestpeak 2022
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.