Marquis

Last seen for girls in 2004 at #16,099 · #1,668 for boys in 2025, 99 births
Given to boys 98.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
1990 · 1,037 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
24,567
since 1880

Marquis over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Marquis has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020peak #258, 1990boys
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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—#1,66899
2024—#1,459124
2023—#1,369136
2022—#1,330141
2021—#1,245153
2020—#1,149169
2019—#957223
2018—#998207
2017—#1,007201
2016—#939223
2015—#928230
2014—#835270
2013—#799275
2012—#763300
2011—#695333
2010—#643375
2009—#613410
2008—#577445
2007—#569452
2006—#551455
2005—#521471
2004#16,0995#446583
2003#13,8446#469534
2002#13,5956#501457
2001#12,0567#454531
2000#10,7458#422586
1999—#398616
1998#11,1387#357732
1997#10,8367#329801
1996#6,06415#296897
1995#4,09925#289913
1994#5,44517#283959
1993#4,25724#282999
1992#4,84920#295914
1991#3,54030#276965
1990#3,71428#2581,037
1989#3,56628#302798
1988#3,80524#326659
1987#4,66017#353550
1986#5,45913#379484
1985#4,86015#364504
1984#3,72621#381458
1983#3,94919#398415
1982#4,16718#429379
1981#4,53216#451335
1980#4,74315#476311
1979#6,18910#488288
1978—#513254
1977#6,3409#543234
1976#3,81217#631169
1975#4,85412#659156
1974#6,2588#686142
1973#7,4356#710128
1972#8,2925#797100
1971#4,81011#84892
1970#7,9955#86187
1969—#1,16845
1968—#1,25836
1967—#1,41129
1966—#1,58024
1965—#1,77420
1964—#1,51027
1963—#1,83919
1962—#1,40331
1961—#1,77821
1960—#2,31513
1959—#1,86519
1958—#2,37012
1957—#2,01916
1956—#1,76520
1955—#1,84518
1954—#1,66821
1953—#1,90017
1952—#2,15313
1951—#1,97215
1950—#1,70119
1949—#2,45310
1948—#1,94315
1947—#2,16913
1946—#2,5349
1945—#2,3939
1944—#2,6338
1943—#2,7328
1942—#2,5239
1941—#2,6568
1940—#3,4595
1939—#2,6098
1938—#1,97613
1937—#3,5185
1936—#3,5495
1935—#3,6455
1934—#3,6795
1933—#2,36810
1932—#2,31311
1931—#2,32811
1930—#3,5926
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1928—#3,6976
1927—#3,4517
1926—#2,56611
1925—#2,08915
1924—#2,64111
1923—#2,22414
1922—#2,34713
1921—#2,26514
1920—#2,45912
1919—#2,15214
1918—#3,0968
1917—#3,2177
1916—#2,25912
1915—#2,8298
1914—#1,86812
1913—#1,67611
1912—#2,0457
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1880—#6828
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Marquis was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Marquis is popular in 2020

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,161 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 9,107 boysILWisconsin: #776 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,789 boysWIMichigan: #661 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,883 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedORNevada: #494 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,373 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedIAIndiana: #908 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,493 boysINOhio: #847 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 6,054 boysOHPennsylvania: #807 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,999 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,712 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 21,068 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,056 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,157 boysNCSouth Carolina: #549 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,858 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedLAMississippi: #452 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,019 boysMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedALGeorgia: #720 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 4,190 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Marquis, so not publishedHITexas: #1,180 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 10,578 boysTXFlorida: #982 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 7,518 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#452 · 1 in 2,019
  2. Nevada#494 · 1 in 2,373
  3. South Carolina#549 · 1 in 2,858
  4. Michigan#661 · 1 in 3,883
  5. Georgia#720 · 1 in 4,190

Best ever in a state: #64 in District of Columbia, 1998.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#45261 in 2,019
Nevada#49451 in 2,373
South Carolina#54971 in 2,858
Michigan#661111 in 3,883
Georgia#720121 in 4,190
Wisconsin#77651 in 4,789
Pennsylvania#80791 in 5,999
Ohio#84791 in 6,054
Indiana#90851 in 6,493
Florida#982121 in 7,518
North Carolina#1,05661 in 8,157
Illinois#1,16161 in 9,107
Texas#1,180161 in 10,578
California#1,71291 in 21,068
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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 Marquis
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 209 spots since 2024 (#1,459 → #1,668)
  • 519 spots since 2020 (#1,149 → #1,668)
  • 740 spots since 2015 (#928 → #1,668)
  • Biggest jump: 307 spots in 1970 (#1,168 → #861)
  • Biggest drop: 192 spots in 2020 (#957 → #1,149)
Rise & fade · boys
110 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1990 at #258 (1,037 births)
  • Births halved by 2002, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 50 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1970–2016
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,963
  • Highest: 1 in 1,963 boys born in 1993 were named Marquis (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 17,253 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #258 in 1990, was only 1 in 1,981 (0.05%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 36.0% of all boys named Marquis (8,833) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s8#682 (1880)#682
1890s5#1,079 (1895)#1,079
1900s0——
1910s84#1,589 (1910)#2,303
1920s103#2,089 (1925)#2,638
1930s79#1,976 (1938)#2,958
1940s94#1,943 (1948)#2,550
1950s170#1,668 (1954)#1,926
1960s265#1,168 (1969)#1,604
1970s1,650#488 (1979)#674
1980s4,893#302 (1989)#386
1990s8,833#258 (1990)#306
2000s4,924#422 (2000)#512
2010s2,637#643 (2010)#856
2020s822#1,149 (2020)#1,370

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.

Marquis in 2020

boys
#1,149
169 births · 1 in 10,213 boys

Top boys' names in 2020

  1. #1Liam19,865
  2. #2Noah18,464
  3. #3Oliver14,277
  4. #4Elijah13,238
  5. #5William12,676
  6. #6James12,390
  7. #7Benjamin12,264
  8. #8Lucas11,386
  9. #9Henry10,793
  10. #10Alexander10,268
  11. #1,149Marquis169
More about 2020

boys

1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 10,213 of them was named Marquis, which outranked 91.8% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marquis
  1. #1,144Kolby170
  2. #1,144Kyzer170
  3. #1,144Taj170
  4. #1,149Marquis169
  5. #1,149Aspen169
  6. #1,149Keagan169
  7. #1,149Semaj169
  8. #1,153Arden168
  9. #1,153Justus168
  10. #1,153Kaine168

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

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 587Zyair#1,548 → #961
  2. ↑ 567Jaxtyn#1,152 → #585
  3. ↑ 539Jakobe#1,372 → #833
  4. ↑ 473Kylo#922 → #449
  5. ↑ 461Ander#1,085 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
  2. ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
  4. ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
  5. ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086

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

See the top 100 for 2020 →