Given name & surname
Bismarck
Bismarck is a masculine given name from German. It is used in English, German, and Italian.
Original GermanBismark
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bismarck through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 38
- 38 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 424 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bismarck’s family of names
In German usage, Bismarck as a surname has a related form in BISMARK.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Bismarck
- BismarckBrazilian association football playerborn 1969
- Bismarck du PlessisSouth African rugby union footballerborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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