Boys' name · since 1952
Marques
8,070 babies named Marques in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,369 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,426 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,070
- born since 1952
- 1980s
- peak decade
Marques currently ranks #4426 among boys' names in America, with 8,070 babies recorded since 1952.
Social Security Administration records show Marques recorded 8,070 times among boys since 1952, holding rank #4426 nationally today, ahead of 68% of boys, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 2025.
- #1,369 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,426 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 8,070 born since 1952
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marques ranks #1,369 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,426 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 8,070 born since 1952, peaking in the 1980s.
- #1,369 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,426 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,070
- born since 1952
- 1980s
- peak decade
Marques's 8,070 recorded births place it above 96.98% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
34 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Marques compares
8,070 Top 10% higher than 90% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Marques's all-time total is 22x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marques | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 8,070 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 350 | 34 | 22,252 |
Marques's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marques splits its recorded history at 1992: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1961 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1984 peak of 350 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marques popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–2025
- Peak year (1984)
- 350
- Annual births at peak, across 74 years of records
Marques popularity over time - girls
23 total births recorded since 1982 (Marques as girls' name)
Marques by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (2,416 births, 30% of the file).
1980s was Marques's strongest decade.
2,416 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Marques births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 29
1950s
29 births
- 1960s 48
1960s
48 births
- 1970s 772
1970s
772 births
- 1980s
1980s
2,416 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,796 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,034 births
- 2010s 807
2010s
807 births
- 2020s 168
2020s
168 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 2,416 births (30% of all-time use).
How Marques compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Marques's total volume
Marques by state
Where Marques concentrates geographically, total births since 1952
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 896 | 11.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 493 | 6.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 417 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 385 | 4.8% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 383 | 4.7% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 375 | 4.6% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 309 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 251 | 3.1% |
896 of 8,070 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 34 reporting states.
Marques appears in 34 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Marques's data
- Marques's decade-level peak was the 1980s (2,416 total births); usage has since declined to 168 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Marquess (896 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marques: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~73 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1952–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Marques 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 August 2026.