Mark vs Rick

Mark

name
  • A male given name from Latin. 

  • Mark the Evangelist, also called John Mark, the first patriarch of Alexandria, credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark. 

  • The Gospel of St. Mark, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the second of the four gospels. 

  • A surname. 

Rick

name
  • A diminutive of the male given name Richard, or sometimes of related names, such as Ricardo. 

  • A surname transferred from the given name. 

How often have the words Mark and Rick occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )