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 1997
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#509 · 1 in 3,359
- Alabama#559 · 1 in 4,917
- Virginia#568 · 1 in 5,514
- Georgia#631 · 1 in 5,576
- Michigan#795 · 1 in 9,884
Best ever in a state: #245 in District of Columbia, 1995.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #509 | 8 | 1 in 3,359 |
| Alabama | #559 | 5 | 1 in 4,917 |
| Virginia | #568 | 7 | 1 in 5,514 |
| Georgia | #631 | 9 | 1 in 5,576 |
| Michigan | #795 | 6 | 1 in 9,884 |
| Illinois | #822 | 8 | 1 in 9,956 |
| Florida | #906 | 8 | 1 in 10,735 |
| New York | #1,186 | 7 | 1 in 16,414 |
| California | #1,407 | 9 | 1 in 27,287 |
| Texas | #1,618 | 5 | 1 in 31,413 |
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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 1997
Top girls' names in 1997
Top boys' names in 1997
More about 1997
girls
1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 133,901 of them was named Marquel, which outranked 57.7% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,483Zamira14
- #6,483Zayda14
- #6,483Zeina14
- #6,844Marquel13
- #6,844Abaigeal13
- #6,844Abreanna13
- #6,844Aeriana13
- #7,283Aariana12
- #7,283Aarti12
- #7,283Abagale12
Tied with 438 names at #6,844; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 16,393 of them was named Marquel, which outranked 89.9% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,089Rashaad116
- #1,089Teddy116
- #1,089Tyrek116
- #1,096Marquel115
- #1,096Antwon115
- #1,096Augustine115
- #1,096Blair115
- #1,110Britton114
- #1,110Dustyn114
- #1,110Galen114
Tied with 13 names at #1,096; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.