Marquella — girls' name
33 babies named Marquella in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
33 girls have been named Marquella since 1985, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2003.
- 33
- total births
- 1985–2003
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
45% of everyone ever named Marquella was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Marquella in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marquella
The Social Security Administration has registered 33 babies named Marquella between 1985 and 2003, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marquella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marquella performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Marquella shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marquella 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 33 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.
Marquella at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marquella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1985
- Peak year (1989)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
33 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 10 births in a single year.
Marquella by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 15 births that decade — 45% of Marquella's all-time total
Marquella decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Marquella's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% 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, 1985–2003 (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.