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
- Peak · boys
- 1990 · 1,037 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 24,567since 1880
Marquis over time
Rank among boys' names. Marquis has never cracked the top 200 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,668 | 99 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,459 | 124 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,369 | 136 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,330 | 141 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,245 | 153 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,149 | 169 | |
| 2019 | — | #957 | 223 | |
| 2018 | — | #998 | 207 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,007 | 201 | |
| 2016 | — | #939 | 223 | |
| 2015 | — | #928 | 230 | |
| 2014 | — | #835 | 270 | |
| 2013 | — | #799 | 275 | |
| 2012 | — | #763 | 300 | |
| 2011 | — | #695 | 333 | |
| 2010 | — | #643 | 375 | |
| 2009 | — | #613 | 410 | |
| 2008 | — | #577 | 445 | |
| 2007 | — | #569 | 452 | |
| 2006 | — | #551 | 455 | |
| 2005 | — | #521 | 471 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #446 | 583 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #469 | 534 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #501 | 457 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #454 | 531 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #422 | 586 |
| 1999 | — | #398 | 616 | |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #357 | 732 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #329 | 801 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | #296 | 897 |
| 1995 | #4,099 | 25 | #289 | 913 |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 | #283 | 959 |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 | #282 | 999 |
| 1992 | #4,849 | 20 | #295 | 914 |
| 1991 | #3,540 | 30 | #276 | 965 |
| 1990 | #3,714 | 28 | #258 | 1,037 |
| 1989 | #3,566 | 28 | #302 | 798 |
| 1988 | #3,805 | 24 | #326 | 659 |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 | #353 | 550 |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 | #379 | 484 |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 | #364 | 504 |
| 1984 | #3,726 | 21 | #381 | 458 |
| 1983 | #3,949 | 19 | #398 | 415 |
| 1982 | #4,167 | 18 | #429 | 379 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | #451 | 335 |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 | #476 | 311 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #488 | 288 |
| 1978 | — | #513 | 254 | |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #543 | 234 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 | #631 | 169 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | #659 | 156 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #686 | 142 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #710 | 128 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #797 | 100 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | #848 | 92 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #861 | 87 |
| 1969 | — | #1,168 | 45 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,258 | 36 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,411 | 29 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,580 | 24 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,774 | 20 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,510 | 27 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,839 | 19 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,403 | 31 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,778 | 21 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,315 | 13 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,865 | 19 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,370 | 12 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,019 | 16 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,765 | 20 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,845 | 18 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,668 | 21 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,900 | 17 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,153 | 13 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,972 | 15 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,701 | 19 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,453 | 10 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,943 | 15 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,169 | 13 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,534 | 9 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,393 | 9 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,633 | 8 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,732 | 8 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,523 | 9 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,656 | 8 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,609 | 8 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,976 | 13 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | — | #3,549 | 5 | |
| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,368 | 10 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,313 | 11 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,328 | 11 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,592 | 6 | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,451 | 7 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,566 | 11 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,089 | 15 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,641 | 11 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,224 | 14 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,265 | 14 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,459 | 12 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,152 | 14 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,096 | 8 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,259 | 12 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,829 | 8 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,868 | 12 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,676 | 11 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
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| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #682 | 8 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1990 at #258 (1,037 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1970–2016
- 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
- 36.0% of all boys named Marquis (8,833) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 8 | #682 (1880) | #682 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,079 (1895) | #1,079 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 84 | #1,589 (1910) | #2,303 |
| 1920s | 103 | #2,089 (1925) | #2,638 |
| 1930s | 79 | #1,976 (1938) | #2,958 |
| 1940s | 94 | #1,943 (1948) | #2,550 |
| 1950s | 170 | #1,668 (1954) | #1,926 |
| 1960s | 265 | #1,168 (1969) | #1,604 |
| 1970s | 1,650 | #488 (1979) | #674 |
| 1980s | 4,893 | #302 (1989) | #386 |
| 1990s | 8,833 | #258 (1990) | #306 |
| 2000s | 4,924 | #422 (2000) | #512 |
| 2010s | 2,637 | #643 (2010) | #856 |
| 2020s | 822 | #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 2001
Top girls' names in 2001
Top boys' names in 2001
More about 2001
girls
1,800,624 girls got a published name in 2001; 1 in 257,232 of them was named Marquis, which outranked 32.9% of the 17,978 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #11,020Zorah8
- #11,020Zykiria8
- #11,020Zyonna8
- #12,056Marquis7
- #12,056Aaisha7
- #12,056Aajaylah7
- #12,056Aaliayah7
- #13,521Aaleah6
- #13,521Aalyssa6
- #13,521Aamira6
Tied with 1,464 names at #12,056; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,942,881 boys got a published name in 2001; 1 in 3,659 of them was named Marquis, which outranked 96.3% of the 12,307 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).