Marquay — boys' name
213 babies named Marquay in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
213 boys have been named Marquay since 1985, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2019.
- 213
- total births
- 1985–2019
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
41% of everyone ever named Marquay was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Marquay in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marquay
The Social Security Administration has registered 213 babies named Marquay between 1985 and 2019, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Marquay currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marquay performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Marquay shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marquay 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 213 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.
Marquay at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marquay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1985
- Peak year (1998)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
213 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 12 births in a single year.
Marquay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 87 births that decade — 41% of Marquay's all-time total
Marquay decade highlights
- Peak decade 87 births
- Runner-up 70 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Marquay's strongest decade
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% 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, 1985–2019 (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.