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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #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
1929
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
1911
1910#1,5895
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1896
1895#1,0795
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1881
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.

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 1970

girls
#7,995
5 births · 1 in 349,629 girls
boys
#861
87 births · 1 in 21,359 boys

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464
  11. #7,995Marquis5

Top boys' names in 1970

  1. #1Michael85,266
  2. #2James61,735
  3. #3David61,728
  4. #4John58,491
  5. #5Robert57,177
  6. #6Christopher41,747
  7. #7William38,887
  8. #8Brian31,917
  9. #9Mark31,461
  10. #10Richard30,442
  11. #861Marquis87
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 349,629 of them was named Marquis, which outranked 14.5% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marquis
  1. #7,070Zoey6
  2. #7,070Zoi6
  3. #7,070Zonna6
  4. #7,995Marquis5
  5. #7,995Abigal5
  6. #7,995Abigale5
  7. #7,995Abigayle5

Tied with 1,360 names at #7,995; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. 1,541Tanisha#2,515#974
  2. 1,194India#1,955#761
  3. 695Shay#1,648#953
  4. 685Terra#1,303#618
  5. 669Dyan#1,648#979
Fallers
  1. 385Cinnamon#698#1,083
  2. 306Kaye#932#1,238
  3. 303Luanne#990#1,293
  4. 273Laureen#845#1,118
  5. 273Lesia#965#1,238

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

boys

1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 21,359 of them was named Marquis, which outranked 84.2% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marquis
  1. #857Myles88
  2. #857Parrish88
  3. #857Roscoe88
  4. #861Marquis87
  5. #861Bernie87
  6. #861Bronson87
  7. #861Dax87
  8. #869Andreas86
  9. #869Denver86
  10. #869Gus86

Tied with 7 names at #861; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. 3,783Jermaine#4,404#621
  2. 1,000Dax#1,861#861
  3. 842Jeramy#1,810#968
  4. 639Branden#1,570#931
  5. 407Braden#1,396#989
Fallers
  1. 593Jemal#549#1,142
  2. 307Karen#885#1,192
  3. 307Merlin#885#1,192
  4. 302Dennie#920#1,222
  5. 276Luciano#931#1,207

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

See the top 100 for 1970