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 | |
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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 1983
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#13 · 1 in 90
- District of Columbia#27 · 1 in 124
- Alabama#31 · 1 in 150
- Georgia#33 · 1 in 161
- Arkansas#37 · 1 in 162
Best ever in a state: #13 in Mississippi, 1983.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #13 | 170 | 1 in 90 |
| District of Columbia | #27 | 46 | 1 in 124 |
| Alabama | #31 | 145 | 1 in 150 |
| Georgia | #33 | 218 | 1 in 161 |
| Arkansas | #37 | 80 | 1 in 162 |
| Louisiana | #39 | 168 | 1 in 183 |
| North Carolina | #40 | 176 | 1 in 190 |
| South Carolina | #40 | 101 | 1 in 176 |
| Virginia | #55 | 112 | 1 in 275 |
| Tennessee | #62 | 89 | 1 in 310 |
| Florida | #71 | 162 | 1 in 363 |
| Maryland | #73 | 67 | 1 in 336 |
| Illinois | #88 | 161 | 1 in 452 |
| Delaware | #104 | 7 | 1 in 417 |
| Texas | #119 | 195 | 1 in 658 |
| Wisconsin | #151 | 35 | 1 in 871 |
| Michigan | #157 | 60 | 1 in 921 |
| Indiana | #162 | 35 | 1 in 966 |
| Pennsylvania | #176 | 67 | 1 in 1,014 |
| Missouri | #186 | 30 | 1 in 1,064 |
| Oklahoma | #194 | 20 | 1 in 1,091 |
| Ohio | #201 | 51 | 1 in 1,350 |
| Connecticut | #217 | 12 | 1 in 1,317 |
| New Jersey | #218 | 29 | 1 in 1,319 |
| New York | #235 | 73 | 1 in 1,409 |
| Kentucky | #239 | 15 | 1 in 1,502 |
| Nebraska | #240 | 7 | 1 in 1,474 |
| West Virginia | #242 | 7 | 1 in 1,529 |
| California | #274 | 123 | 1 in 1,526 |
| Kansas | #293 | 8 | 1 in 1,943 |
| Arizona | #314 | 12 | 1 in 1,698 |
| New Mexico | #316 | 6 | 1 in 1,575 |
| Washington | #371 | 11 | 1 in 2,479 |
| Massachusetts | #375 | 11 | 1 in 2,986 |
| Oregon | #405 | 6 | 1 in 2,662 |
| Colorado | #443 | 7 | 1 in 3,116 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 1983
Top girls' names in 1983
Top boys' names in 1983
More about 1983
girls
1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 657 of them was named Marquita, which outranked 99.1% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 89,628 of them was named Marquita, which outranked 67.2% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,341Valente21
- #2,341Waleed21
- #2,341Wesly21
- #2,408Marquita20
- #2,408Antoino20
- #2,408Anuj20
- #2,408Arden20
- #2,493Akira19
- #2,493Alen19
- #2,493Antjuan19
Tied with 84 names at #2,408; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.