Marquesa — girls' name
75 babies named Marquesa in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
75 girls have been named Marquesa since 1967, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1996.
- 75
- total births
- 1967–1996
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
48% of everyone ever named Marquesa was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Marquesa in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marquesa
The Social Security Administration has registered 75 babies named Marquesa between 1967 and 1996, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marquesa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marquesa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Marquesa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marquesa 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 75 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.
Marquesa at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marquesa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1967
- Peak year (1990)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
75 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 10 births in a single year.
Marquesa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 36 births that decade — 48% of Marquesa's all-time total
Marquesa decade highlights
- Peak decade 36 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Marquesa's strongest decade
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% 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, 1967–1996 (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.