Marques

Last seen for girls in 1987 at #9,825 · #4,396 for boys in 2025, 23 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1984 · 350 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
8,070
since 1952

Marques over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Marques has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201982peak #447, 1984boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#4,39623
2024—#3,52432
2023—#4,45623
2022—#3,21637
2021—#4,49422
2020—#3,49731
2019—#2,89742
2018—#3,10637
2017—#2,41753
2016—#2,43752
2015—#2,16963
2014—#1,90776
2013—#1,63693
2012—#1,551102
2011—#1,448113
2010—#1,092176
2009—#1,103167
2008—#968206
2007—#856245
2006—#801255
2005—#744271
2004—#790228
2003—#855202
2002—#1,026149
2001—#1,035142
2000—#914169
1999—#784196
1998—#831177
1997—#808182
1996—#686236
1995—#709224
1994—#892148
1993—#776184
1992—#917133
1991—#819159
1990—#812157
1989—#792157
1988—#718171
1987#9,8256#705168
1986#10,9125#628203
1985—#588223
1984—#447350
1983#8,0477#449343
1982#10,5175#478315
1981—#511272
1980—#589214
1979—#715146
1978—#642171
1977—#629179
1976—#90584
1975—#818103
1974—#1,52033
1973—#2,12419
1972—#2,99111
1971—#2,36616
1970—#3,07110
1969—#3,9356
1968—#3,6736
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1965—#3,5376
1964—#2,8549
1963—#3,0448
1962—#3,0418
1961—#4,0655
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First appearance
1952

The first year at least five boys were named Marques! It came in at #3,095, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1953–1955, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Marques is popular in 1982

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Marques, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Marques, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Marques, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Marques, so not publishedNHWashington: #385 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,517 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Marques, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Marques, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Marques, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Marques, so not publishedMNIllinois: #440 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 4,933 boysILWisconsin: #170 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,733 boysWIMichigan: #458 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 7,211 boysMINew York: #566 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 7,731 boysNYMassachusetts: #323 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,181 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Marques, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Marques, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Marques, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Marques, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Marques, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Marques, so not publishedIAIndiana: #315 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,963 boysINOhio: #395 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 6,080 boysOHPennsylvania: #440 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 7,806 boysPANew Jersey: #383 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 4,399 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Marques, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #501 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 5,852 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Marques, so not publishedUTColorado: #386 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,187 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Marques, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Marques, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Marques, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Marques, so not publishedWVVirginia: #290 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,712 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Marques, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Marques, so not publishedDEArizona: #405 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,935 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Marques, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Marques, so not publishedKSArkansas: #292 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,561 boysARTennessee: #403 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,435 boysTNNorth Carolina: #500 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,413 boysNCSouth Carolina: #225 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,401 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #165 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 860 boysDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Marques, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #585 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,298 boysLAMississippi: #264 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,750 boysMSAlabama: #325 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,895 boysALGeorgia: #309 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,703 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Marques, so not publishedHITexas: #625 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 8,010 boysTXFlorida: #661 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 9,437 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. District of Columbia#165 · 1 in 860
  2. Wisconsin#170 · 1 in 1,733
  3. South Carolina#225 · 1 in 1,401
  4. Mississippi#264 · 1 in 1,750
  5. Virginia#290 · 1 in 2,712

Best ever in a state: #165 in District of Columbia, 1982.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#16591 in 860
Wisconsin#170201 in 1,733
South Carolina#225151 in 1,401
Mississippi#264111 in 1,750
Virginia#290131 in 2,712
Arkansas#29261 in 2,561
Georgia#309151 in 2,703
Indiana#315101 in 3,963
Massachusetts#32371 in 5,181
Alabama#32591 in 2,895
New Jersey#383101 in 4,399
Washington#38571 in 4,517
Colorado#38661 in 4,187
Ohio#395131 in 6,080
Tennessee#40361 in 5,435
Arizona#40561 in 3,935
Illinois#440171 in 4,933
Pennsylvania#440101 in 7,806
Michigan#45891 in 7,211
North Carolina#50061 in 6,413
California#501351 in 5,852
New York#566151 in 7,731
Louisiana#58561 in 6,298
Texas#625181 in 8,010
Florida#66171 in 9,437
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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 Marques
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 872 spots since 2024 (#3,524 → #4,396)
  • 899 spots since 2020 (#3,497 → #4,396)
  • 2,227 spots since 2015 (#2,169 → #4,396)
  • Biggest jump: 702 spots in 1975 (#1,520 → #818)
  • Biggest drop: 141 spots in 1985 (#447 → #588)
Rise & fade · boys
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1952
  • Peaked 1984 at #447 (350 births)
  • Births halved by 1987, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1975–2000
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,157
  • Highest: 1 in 5,157 boys born in 1984 were named Marques (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 74,264 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 29.9% of all boys named Marques (2,416) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s29#2,798 (1956)#3,192
1960s48#2,854 (1964)#3,450
1970s772#629 (1977)#1,578
1980s2,416#447 (1984)#591
1990s1,796#686 (1996)#803
2000s2,034#744 (2005)#909
2010s807#1,092 (2010)#2,066
2020s168#3,216 (2022)#3,931

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.

Marques in 1982

girls
#10,517
5 births · 1 in 338,665 girls
boys
#478
315 births · 1 in 5,760 boys

Top girls' names in 1982

  1. #1Jennifer57,120
  2. #2Jessica45,453
  3. #3Amanda34,214
  4. #4Sarah28,483
  5. #5Melissa25,864
  6. #6Nicole21,706
  7. #7Stephanie20,861
  8. #8Elizabeth20,506
  9. #9Crystal19,099
  10. #10Amy18,799
  11. #10,517Marques5

Top boys' names in 1982

  1. #1Michael68,216
  2. #2Christopher59,223
  3. #3Matthew46,045
  4. #4Jason40,628
  5. #5David40,453
  6. #6James38,874
  7. #7Joshua38,004
  8. #8John34,698
  9. #9Robert34,409
  10. #10Daniel32,652
  11. #478Marques315
More about 1982

girls

1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 338,665 of them was named Marques, which outranked 14.7% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marques
  1. #9,237Zully6
  2. #9,237Zunilda6
  3. #9,237Zuri6
  4. #10,517Marques5
  5. #10,517Aapri5
  6. #10,517Aaronda5
  7. #10,517Abimbola5

Tied with 1,815 names at #10,517; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,715Kaleena#2,375 → #660
  2. ↑ 1,197Kala#1,958 → #761
  3. ↑ 1,094Chelsie#2,028 → #934
  4. ↑ 1,081Tenika#2,028 → #947
  5. ↑ 1,044Falon#1,958 → #914
Fallers
  1. ↓ 538Evita#779 → #1,317
  2. ↓ 517Martine#791 → #1,308
  3. ↓ 473Dusty#720 → #1,193
  4. ↓ 470Regan#991 → #1,461
  5. ↓ 401Windy#998 → #1,399

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 5,760 of them was named Marques, which outranked 93.5% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marques
  1. #474Kory317
  2. #474Ted317
  3. #477Esteban316
  4. #478Marques315
  5. #478Robbie315
  6. #480Leonardo314
  7. #480Randolph314
  8. #482Dan313

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,958Colt#2,418 → #460
  2. ↑ 730Eliot#1,695 → #965
  3. ↑ 532Colton#1,334 → #802
  4. ↑ 478Kiel#1,101 → #623
  5. ↑ 416Eugenio#1,411 → #995
Fallers
  1. ↓ 309Marchello#841 → #1,150
  2. ↓ 237Carmen#851 → #1,088
  3. ↓ 234Claudio#976 → #1,210
  4. ↓ 224Irvin#826 → #1,050
  5. ↓ 222Jeramiah#971 → #1,193

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1982 →