Marquelle — boys' name
267 babies named Marquelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Marquelle was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Marquelle in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marquelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 267 babies named Marquelle between 1984 and 2016, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Marquelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 17 babies received it in a single year. Marquelle is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 84 additional births since 1988.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marquelle performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 134 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Marquelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marquelle in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marquelle 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 267 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.
Marquelle at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marquelle popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1984
- Peak year (1994)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
267 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 17 births in a single year.
Marquelle popularity over time — girls
84 total births recorded since 1988 (Marquelle as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Marquelle accounts for 24% of total recorded use across both genders.
Marquelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 134 births that decade — 50% of Marquelle's all-time total
Marquelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 134 births
- Runner-up 64 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Marquelle's strongest decade
134 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Marquelle by state
Where Marquelle concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 5 | 1.9% |
5 of 267 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 1.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1984–2016 (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.