Girls' name · since 1985
Marquella
Since 1985, U.S. Social Security records show 33 babies named Marquella, peaking in 1989. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 33
- total births
- 1985–2003
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
33 girls have been named Marquella since 1985, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Marquella has 33 recorded births among girls since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2003.
- 33 total births
- 1985–2003 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 45% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Marquella's 33 recorded births place it above 45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marquella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marquella splits its recorded history at 1990: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1985 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marquella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2003
- Peak year (1989)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Marquella by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Marquella's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Marquella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
15 births
- 1990s
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 15 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Marquella's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (15 total births) through the 2000s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1985–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Marquella: Baby Name Since 1985 - 33 Births, Peak 1989." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/marquella. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Marquella 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 July 2026.