Marquia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Marquia

The Social Security Administration has registered 464 babies named Marquia between 1975 and 2017, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marquia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marquia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 206 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Marquia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Marquia in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marquia 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 464 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.