Marquell — #5953 US boys' name
1,556 babies named Marquell in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 58% of names given to boys today.
36% of everyone ever named Marquell was born in this single decade.
75 babies were named Marquell in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marquell
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,556 babies named Marquell between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Marquell currently holds the #5953 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 75 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marquell performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 557 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Marquell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 89 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Marquell in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marquell 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 1,556 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.
Marquell at a glance
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Current rank
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Marquell popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1973
- Peak year (1996)
- 75
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
Currently ranks #5953 among boys.
1,556 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 75 births in a single year.
Marquell popularity over time — girls
19 total births recorded since 1987 (Marquell as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Marquell accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Marquell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 557 births that decade — 36% of Marquell's all-time total
Marquell decade highlights
- Peak decade 557 births
- Runner-up 413 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Marquell's strongest decade
557 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Marquell by state
Where Marquell concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 89 | 5.7% |
| #2 | Florida | | 45 | 2.9% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 45 | 2.9% |
| #4 | South Carolina | | 35 | 2.2% |
| #5 | California | | 22 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 16 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 15 | 1.0% |
| #8 | New York | | 15 | 1.0% |
89 of 1,556 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 5.7% of nationwide
- Florida 2.9% of nationwide
- North Carolina 2.9% of nationwide
- South Carolina 2.2% of nationwide
- California 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 13 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 5.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Marquell appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1973–2024 (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.