Boys' name · since 1986
Markquis
Markquis has 36 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,541 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 36
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
36 boys have been named Markquis since 1986, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Markquis has 36 recorded births among boys since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 1996.
- #24,541 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 36 born since 1986
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Markquis ranks #24,541 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 36 born since 1986, peaking in the 1990s.
- #24,541 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 36
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
Markquis's 36 recorded births place it above 45.88% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Markquis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Markquis's full recorded timeline at 1993, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Markquis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1996
- Peak year (1990)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Markquis by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (31 births, 86% of the file).
1990s was Markquis's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 86% of all-time use.
Markquis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 31 births (86% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Markquis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~10 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1986–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Markquis draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.