Marquerite — girls' name

What the Data Says About Marquerite

The Social Security Administration has registered 827 babies named Marquerite between 1890 and 1994, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marquerite currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1914, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marquerite performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 198 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Marquerite shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Marquerite in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marquerite 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 827 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.