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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: falling

MarkIn Hebrew: מרק · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: מַרְק

Mark (Hebrew: מרק) is a boy's name of international origin. 7,640 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 16 boys and ranked #526. Its peak year was 1952, with 234 babies.

People in Israel
7,640
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
16
rank #526
Peak year
1952
234 babies
USA, 2025
1,416
rank #244

Writing and saying Mark

In Hebrew letters the name is מרק, read right to left. Mark is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Mark by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Mark: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Mark in English-speaking countries

Mark in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20251,416#2441960 (58,727)
United Kingdom2025186#2751997 (1,538)
England and Wales2025156#2941996 (1,222)
Scotland202522#1901974 (1,234)
Northern Ireland20258#2371997 (200)
Ireland202558#1011974 (979)
British Columbia202314#2441960 (387)
Alberta202532#1461982 (253)
Quebec202518#2751980 (94)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Mark has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Mark

How do you write Mark in Hebrew?

Mark is written מרק in Hebrew (with vowel points: מַרְק). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Mark?

7,640 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name מרק: 5 women and 7,635 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Mark a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 99.9% of the people named מרק are men.

Is Mark used outside Israel?

The name Mark appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 1,416 boys were given it in 2025 (#244), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 186 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.