Boys' name · since 1998
Marqez
Marqez has 27 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,728 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 27
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Marqez sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 27 recorded since 1998.
Social Security Administration records show Marqez recorded 27 times among boys since 1998, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2008.
- #26,728 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 27 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marqez ranks #26,728 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #26,728 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 27
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Marqez's 27 recorded births place it above 41.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marqez's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marqez splits its recorded history at 2002: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2001 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marqez popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2008
- Peak year (1998)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Marqez by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (21 births, 78% of the file).
2000s was Marqez's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Marqez births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 21 births (78% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Marqez: 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, 1998–2008 (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 Marqez 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.