Marquita

Last seen for girls in 2015 at #14,482 · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #4,811
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1983 · 2,543 births
Debut · girls
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
11,011
since 1919

Marquita over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Marquita has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #112, 1983girls
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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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2014#14,5586—
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2012#11,2579—
2011#12,1538—
2010#9,23112—
2009#10,67910—
2008#10,80710—
2007#8,52014—
2006#9,28612—
2005#6,24519—
2004#5,96920—
2003#4,53628—
2002#5,25422—
2001#3,54937—
2000#3,33440—
1999#2,93545—
1998#2,33860—
1997#2,00271—
1996#1,93074—
1995#1,61492—
1994#1,247138—
1993#881219—
1992#874227—
1991#831246—
1990#789255—
1989#666304#4,81110
1988#631315—
1987#550364—
1986#487440—
1985#417535—
1984#1951,374—
1983#1122,543#2,40820
1982#1,099128—
1981#1,055135—
1980#1,136120—
1979#1,080127—
1978#1,057127—
1977#1,088119—
1976#1,071114—
1975#1,083108—
1974#855153—
1973#973122—
1972#1,000118—
1971#1,057114—
1970#1,154100—
1969#1,25979—
1968#1,45960—
1967#1,28171—
1966#1,44858—
1965#1,25673—
1964#1,49757—
1963#1,29872—
1962#1,29273—
1961#1,32770—
1960#1,38563—
1959#1,23075—
1958#1,41756—
1957#1,19378—
1956#1,36558—
1955#1,30360—
1954#1,31757—
1953#1,58638—
1952#1,29754—
1951#1,33249—
1950#1,30249—
1949#1,33547—
1948#1,43941—
1947#1,31848—
1946#1,41938—
1945#1,40233—
1944#1,74223—
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1940#1,37430—
1939#1,54424—
1938#1,70321—
1937#1,84518—
1936#1,95016—
1935#1,55023—
1934#1,60322—
1933#1,90617—
1932#1,95717—
1931#2,75010—
1930#2,69011—
1929#2,58712—
1928#2,28415—
1927#2,16917—
1926#2,35115—
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First appearance
1919

The first year at least five girls were named Marquita! It came in at #3,005, and was given to 10 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1920–1923, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Marquita is popular in 1919

No state had 5 or more girls named Marquita in 1919, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Marquita
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
  • Biggest jump: 987 spots in 1983 (#1,099 → #112)
  • Biggest drop: 366 spots in 1994 (#881 → #1,247)
Rise & fade · girls
64 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1919
  • Peaked 1983 at #112 (2,543 births)
  • Births halved by 1985, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1983–1993
Share of babies · girls
1 in 657
  • Highest: 1 in 657 girls born in 1983 were named Marquita (0.15%)
  • Latest: 1 in 297,516 girls born in 2015 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 56.8% of all girls named Marquita (6,258) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s10#3,005 (1919)#3,005
1920s80#2,169 (1927)#3,112
1930s179#1,544 (1939)#1,950
1940s352#1,300 (1942)#1,447
1950s574#1,193 (1957)#1,334
1960s676#1,256 (1965)#1,350
1970s1,202#855 (1974)#1,042
1980s6,258#112 (1983)#635
1990s1,427#789 (1990)#1,544
2000s212#3,334 (2000)#6,818
2010s41#9,231 (2010)#12,336

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Marquita in 1919

girls
#3,005
10 births · 1 in 113,012 girls

Top girls' names in 1919

  1. #1Mary65,836
  2. #2Helen33,706
  3. #3Dorothy31,733
  4. #4Margaret26,238
  5. #5Ruth24,562
  6. #6Mildred17,300
  7. #7Virginia15,636
  8. #8Elizabeth15,287
  9. #9Frances15,106
  10. #10Anna14,498
  11. #3,005Marquita10
More about 1919

girls

1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 113,012 of them was named Marquita, which outranked 45.9% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marquita
  1. #2,813Yoshiye11
  2. #2,813Zara11
  3. #2,813Zilphia11
  4. #3,005Marquita10
  5. #3,005Adria10
  6. #3,005Al10
  7. #3,005Ala10
  8. #3,219Ailie9
  9. #3,219Aldonia9
  10. #3,219Alee9

Tied with 213 names at #3,005; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. ↑ 851Gregoria#1,805 → #954
  2. ↑ 443Concha#1,333 → #890
  3. ↑ 390Arlena#1,299 → #909
  4. ↑ 353Marina#1,255 → #902
  5. ↑ 333Roselle#1,333 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,019Liberty#585 → #1,604
  2. ↓ 840Victory#809 → #1,649
  3. ↓ 567Karen#960 → #1,527
  4. ↓ 404Zena#989 → #1,393
  5. ↓ 359Malvina#989 → #1,348

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

See the top 100 for 1919 →