Marq — boys' name
93 babies named Marq in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
93 boys have been named Marq since 1989, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2017.
- 93
- total births
- 1989–2017
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 82%
- born in that decade
82% of everyone ever named Marq was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Marq in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marq
The Social Security Administration has registered 93 babies named Marq between 1989 and 2017, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Marq currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marq performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Marq shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marq in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 93 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Marq at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marq popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1989
- Peak year (1997)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
93 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 12 births in a single year.
Marq by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 76 births that decade — 82% of Marq's all-time total
Marq decade highlights
- Peak decade 76 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Marq's strongest decade
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 82% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1989–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.