Boys' name · since 1988
Marquavious
Marquavious has 712 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,375 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,548 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 712
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Marquavious currently ranks #12548 among boys' names in America, with 712 babies recorded since 1988.
Marquavious has 712 recorded births among boys since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12548 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #6,375 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,548 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 712 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marquavious ranks #6,375 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,548 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 712 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,375 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,548 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 712
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Marquavious's 712 recorded births place it above 85.97% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
How Marquavious compares
712 Top 37% higher than 63% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Marquavious's all-time total is 93% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marquavious | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 712 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 58 | 34 | 22,252 |
Marquavious's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marquavious's full recorded timeline at 2006, 32% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 68% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 58 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marquavious popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 58
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Marquavious by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (295 births, 41% of the file).
2000s was Marquavious's strongest decade.
295 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Marquavious births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 1990s
1990s
271 births
- 2000s
2000s
295 births
- 2010s 94
2010s
94 births
- 2020s 39
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 295 births (41% of all-time use).
How Marquavious compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Marquavious's total volume
Marquavious by state
Where Marquavious concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 256 | 36.0% |
| #2 | Mississippi | | 80 | 11.2% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 18 | 2.5% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.7% |
256 of 712 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Marquavious's data
- Marquavious's decade-level peak was the 2000s (295 total births); usage has since declined to 39 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Marquaviouss (256 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marquavious: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1988–2025 (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 Marquavious 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.