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
- Peak · girls
- 1983 · 2,543 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 11,011since 1919
Marquita over time
Rank among girls' names. Marquita has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | — | — | ||
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| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | — | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | — | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | — | |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 | — | |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 | — | |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 | — | |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | — | |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,969 | 20 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,536 | 28 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,254 | 22 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,549 | 37 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,334 | 40 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,935 | 45 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,338 | 60 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,002 | 71 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,930 | 74 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,614 | 92 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,247 | 138 | — | |
| 1993 | #881 | 219 | — | |
| 1992 | #874 | 227 | — | |
| 1991 | #831 | 246 | — | |
| 1990 | #789 | 255 | — | |
| 1989 | #666 | 304 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #631 | 315 | — | |
| 1987 | #550 | 364 | — | |
| 1986 | #487 | 440 | — | |
| 1985 | #417 | 535 | — | |
| 1984 | #195 | 1,374 | — | |
| 1983 | #112 | 2,543 | #2,408 | 20 |
| 1982 | #1,099 | 128 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,055 | 135 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,136 | 120 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,080 | 127 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,057 | 127 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,088 | 119 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,071 | 114 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,083 | 108 | — | |
| 1974 | #855 | 153 | — | |
| 1973 | #973 | 122 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,000 | 118 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,057 | 114 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,154 | 100 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,259 | 79 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,459 | 60 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,281 | 71 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,448 | 58 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,256 | 73 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,497 | 57 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,298 | 72 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,292 | 73 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,327 | 70 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,385 | 63 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,230 | 75 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,417 | 56 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,193 | 78 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,365 | 58 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,303 | 60 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,317 | 57 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,586 | 38 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,297 | 54 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,332 | 49 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,302 | 49 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,335 | 47 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,439 | 41 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,318 | 48 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,419 | 38 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,402 | 33 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,742 | 23 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,492 | 31 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,300 | 38 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,649 | 23 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,374 | 30 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,544 | 24 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,703 | 21 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,845 | 18 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,950 | 16 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,550 | 23 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,603 | 22 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,906 | 17 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,957 | 17 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,690 | 11 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,284 | 15 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,351 | 15 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | — | |
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| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | — | |
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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 1976
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Virginia#389 · 1 in 2,988
- Missouri#393 · 1 in 2,950
- Illinois#587 · 1 in 4,661
- Ohio#631 · 1 in 6,736
- Georgia#710 · 1 in 6,176
Best ever in a state: #13 in Mississippi, 1983.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #389 | 9 | 1 in 2,988 |
| Missouri | #393 | 10 | 1 in 2,950 |
| Illinois | #587 | 15 | 1 in 4,661 |
| Ohio | #631 | 10 | 1 in 6,736 |
| Georgia | #710 | 5 | 1 in 6,176 |
| Michigan | #728 | 7 | 1 in 7,772 |
| Florida | #899 | 5 | 1 in 8,194 |
| Texas | #1,524 | 5 | 1 in 19,340 |
| California | #1,957 | 5 | 1 in 28,773 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Marquita
- 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)
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1983 at #112 (2,543 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1983–1993
- Highest: 1 in 657 girls born in 1983 were named Marquita (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 297,516 girls born in 2015 (0.00%)
- 56.8% of all girls named Marquita (6,258) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 10 | #3,005 (1919) | #3,005 |
| 1920s | 80 | #2,169 (1927) | #3,112 |
| 1930s | 179 | #1,544 (1939) | #1,950 |
| 1940s | 352 | #1,300 (1942) | #1,447 |
| 1950s | 574 | #1,193 (1957) | #1,334 |
| 1960s | 676 | #1,256 (1965) | #1,350 |
| 1970s | 1,202 | #855 (1974) | #1,042 |
| 1980s | 6,258 | #112 (1983) | #635 |
| 1990s | 1,427 | #789 (1990) | #1,544 |
| 2000s | 212 | #3,334 (2000) | #6,818 |
| 2010s | 41 | #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 1976
Top girls' names in 1976
More about 1976
girls
1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 12,852 of them was named Marquita, which outranked 90.2% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,066Keshia115
- #1,066Rhoda115
- #1,066Tenisha115
- #1,071Marquita114
- #1,071Chantell114
- #1,071Dannielle114
- #1,071Ethel114
- #1,078Catalina113
- #1,078Cristal113
- #1,078Elsie113
Tied with 6 names at #1,071; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.