Marquel
Last seen for girls in 2010 at #16,992 · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to boys 91.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1995 · 121 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,712since 1970
Marquel over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #6,446 | 13 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,199 | 14 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,927 | 15 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,995 | 27 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,118 | 25 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,497 | 31 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,052 | 39 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,524 | 31 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,891 | 41 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,293 | 34 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,722 | 44 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,754 | 43 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,623 | 45 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,772 | 43 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,504 | 49 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #2,324 | 55 |
| 2009 | — | #2,560 | 49 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,583 | 48 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,928 | 73 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,943 | 69 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,869 | 68 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #1,834 | 67 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #1,673 | 74 |
| 2002 | — | #1,869 | 60 | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #1,629 | 72 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #1,323 | 97 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #1,259 | 98 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #1,092 | 118 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | #1,096 | 115 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #1,107 | 108 |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 | #1,010 | 121 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #1,063 | 110 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | #1,205 | 87 |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 | #1,084 | 103 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #1,196 | 86 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #1,226 | 80 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | #1,268 | 73 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | #1,576 | 46 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #1,272 | 59 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #1,760 | 35 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #1,794 | 33 |
| 1984 | — | #1,630 | 36 | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #2,577 | 18 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #2,596 | 18 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1980 | — | #2,617 | 18 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,669 | 17 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,070 | 13 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,791 | 15 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,709 | 15 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #3,282 | 9 |
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| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Marquel! It came in at #3,282, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1972, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Marquel is popular in 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#444 · 1 in 3,275
- Virginia#456 · 1 in 3,902
- North Carolina#703 · 1 in 7,647
- New York#944 · 1 in 11,874
- Illinois#1,110 · 1 in 16,187
Best ever in a state: #245 in District of Columbia, 1995.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #444 | 6 | 1 in 3,275 |
| Virginia | #456 | 10 | 1 in 3,902 |
| North Carolina | #703 | 6 | 1 in 7,647 |
| New York | #944 | 10 | 1 in 11,874 |
| Illinois | #1,110 | 5 | 1 in 16,187 |
| Texas | #1,563 | 5 | 1 in 31,170 |
| California | #1,652 | 7 | 1 in 36,221 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Marquel
- 247 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #6,446)
- 2,949 spots since 2020 (#3,497 → #6,446)
- 3,724 spots since 2015 (#2,722 → #6,446)
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1995 at #1,010 (121 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 15,733 boys born in 1995 were named Marquel (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 37.8% of all boys named Marquel (1,026) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1972, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 108 | #2,549 (1974) | #3,154 |
| 1980s | 352 | #1,268 (1989) | #1,987 |
| 1990s | 1,026 | #1,010 (1995) | #1,134 |
| 2000s | 677 | #1,323 (2000) | #1,921 |
| 2010s | 424 | #2,324 (2010) | #2,846 |
| 2020s | 125 | #3,497 (2020) | #5,030 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Marquel in 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 146,084 of them was named Marquel, which outranked 55.1% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,723Zohra13
- #6,723Zowie13
- #6,723Zuleyka13
- #7,130Marquel12
- #7,130Aalyiah12
- #7,130Abagayle12
- #7,130Abelina12
- #7,574Aaleyah11
- #7,574Aarin11
- #7,574Abbe11
Tied with 443 names at #7,130; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 17,540 of them was named Marquel, which outranked 89.5% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,101Laurence109
- #1,101Rudolph109
- #1,101Schuyler109
- #1,107Marquel108
- #1,107Ashley108
- #1,107Claude108
- #1,107Rashaad108
- #1,112Brandt107
- #1,112Dustyn107
- #1,112Jerald107
Tied with 4 names at #1,107; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.