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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #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 1972

girls
#8,292
5 births · 1 in 304,249 girls
boys
#797
100 births · 1 in 16,216 boys

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #8,292Marquis5

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #797Marquis100
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 304,249 of them was named Marquis, which outranked 14.2% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marquis
  1. #7,292Zerlina6
  2. #7,292Zeta6
  3. #7,292Zoann6
  4. #8,292Marquis5
  5. #8,292Aarona5
  6. #8,292Abigale5
  7. #8,292Adabel5

Tied with 1,374 names at #8,292; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 5,804Camisha#6,619#815
  2. 3,921Catina#4,123#202
  3. 1,842Cherilyn#2,665#823
  4. 1,789Chasity#2,542#753
  5. 1,694Keena#2,542#848
Fallers
  1. 517Shayla#836#1,353
  2. 428Raina#798#1,226
  3. 280Kendall#742#1,022
  4. 275Alycia#951#1,226
  5. 255Charisse#727#982

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

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 16,216 of them was named Marquis, which outranked 86.1% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marquis
  1. #792Kelley102
  2. #795Augustine101
  3. #795Jade101
  4. #797Marquis100
  5. #797Ariel100
  6. #797Deshawn100
  7. #797Kenyon100
  8. #804August99
  9. #804Dax99
  10. #804Kermit99

Tied with 6 names at #797; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 2,755Demond#3,146#391
  2. 1,286Cade#2,279#993
  3. 905Vidal#1,526#621
  4. 855Damond#1,784#929
  5. 849Kareem#1,254#405
Fallers
  1. 413Rich#914#1,327
  2. 401Monroe#947#1,348
  3. 317Laura#990#1,307
  4. 309Von#976#1,285
  5. 309Westley#998#1,307

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

See the top 100 for 1972