Marquel

Last seen for girls in 2010 at #16,992 · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to boys 91.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1995 · 121 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,712
since 1970

Marquel over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #5,221, 1995peak #1,010, 1995girlsboys
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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#6,44613
2024#6,19914
2023#5,92715
2022#3,99527
2021#4,11825
2020#3,49731
2019#3,05239
2018#3,52431
2017#2,89141
2016#3,29334
2015#2,72244
2014#2,75443
2013#2,62345
2012#2,77243
2011#2,50449
2010#16,9925#2,32455
2009#2,56049
2008#2,58348
2007#1,92873
2006#1,94369
2005#1,86968
2004#16,0995#1,83467
2003#15,7845#1,67374
2002#1,86960
2001#13,5216#1,62972
2000#9,8749#1,32397
1999#11,3857#1,25998
1998#10,1228#1,092118
1997#6,84413#1,096115
1996#7,13012#1,107108
1995#5,22118#1,010121
1994#8,8049#1,063110
1993#7,03812#1,20587
1992#5,48417#1,084103
1991#10,2717#1,19686
1990#8,5019#1,22680
1989#6,16013#1,26873
1988#7,11110#1,57646
1987#11,3255#1,27259
1986#7,7498#1,76035
1985#8,3187#1,79433
1984#1,63036
1983#9,0156#2,57718
1982#10,5175#2,59618
1981#10,4115#2,77916
1980#2,61718
1979#2,66917
1978#3,07013
1977#2,79115
1976#2,70915
1975#9,0675#3,6599
1974#6,9007#2,54915
1973#8,4235#3,6948
1972#7,2926
1971#6,6197#3,9637
1970#6,3627#3,2829
1969#7,4715
1968#7,0165
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First appearance
1970

The first year at least five boys were named Marquel! It came in at #3,282, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1972, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Marquel
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 247 spots since 2024 (#6,199#6,446)
  • 2,949 spots since 2020 (#3,497#6,446)
  • 3,724 spots since 2015 (#2,722#6,446)
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1970
  • Peaked 1995 at #1,010 (121 births)
  • Births halved by 2002, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,733
  • Highest: 1 in 15,733 boys born in 1995 were named Marquel (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 37.8% of all boys named Marquel (1,026) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1973
  • Mostly girls until 1972, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s108#2,549 (1974)#3,154
1980s352#1,268 (1989)#1,987
1990s1,026#1,010 (1995)#1,134
2000s677#1,323 (2000)#1,921
2010s424#2,324 (2010)#2,846
2020s125#3,497 (2020)#5,030

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.

Marquel in 1997

girls
#6,844
13 births · 1 in 133,901 girls
boys
#1,096
115 births · 1 in 16,393 boys

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #6,844Marquel13

Top boys' names in 1997

  1. #1Michael37,562
  2. #2Jacob34,163
  3. #3Matthew31,517
  4. #4Christopher29,108
  5. #5Joshua28,289
  6. #6Nicholas27,258
  7. #7Andrew25,208
  8. #8Brandon25,197
  9. #9Austin25,118
  10. #10Tyler24,879
  11. #1,096Marquel115
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 133,901 of them was named Marquel, which outranked 57.7% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marquel
  1. #6,483Zamira14
  2. #6,483Zayda14
  3. #6,483Zeina14
  4. #6,844Marquel13
  5. #6,844Abaigeal13
  6. #6,844Abreanna13
  7. #6,844Aeriana13
  8. #7,283Aariana12
  9. #7,283Aarti12
  10. #7,283Abagale12

Tied with 438 names at #6,844; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. 9,582Yulisa#10,567#985
  2. 3,882Yulissa#4,306#424
  3. 2,634Tea#3,429#795
  4. 2,046Taya#2,901#855
  5. 1,202Julisa#1,930#728
Fallers
  1. 931Yamilex#707#1,638
  2. 477Suzette#998#1,475
  3. 457Chynna#834#1,291
  4. 396Moesha#547#943
  5. 377Daijah#975#1,352

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

boys

1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 16,393 of them was named Marquel, which outranked 89.9% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marquel
  1. #1,089Rashaad116
  2. #1,089Teddy116
  3. #1,089Tyrek116
  4. #1,096Marquel115
  5. #1,096Antwon115
  6. #1,096Augustine115
  7. #1,096Blair115
  8. #1,110Britton114
  9. #1,110Dustyn114
  10. #1,110Galen114

Tied with 13 names at #1,096; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. 1,420Jaret#2,145#725
  2. 712Kobe#1,265#553
  3. 580Ronaldo#1,465#885
  4. 420Jarett#1,334#914
  5. 416Gianni#1,093#677
Fallers
  1. 562Shaquille#662#1,224
  2. 373Dalvin#977#1,350
  3. 355Montel#990#1,345
  4. 328Codie#884#1,212
  5. 328Jair#884#1,212

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

See the top 100 for 1997