Marquisa — girls' name
195 babies named Marquisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
195 girls have been named Marquisa since 1974, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2002.
- 195
- total births
- 1974–2002
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
44% of everyone ever named Marquisa was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Marquisa in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marquisa
The Social Security Administration has registered 195 babies named Marquisa between 1974 and 2002, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marquisa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marquisa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Marquisa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marquisa 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 195 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.
Marquisa at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marquisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1974
- Peak year (1988)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
195 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 14 births in a single year.
Marquisa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 85 births that decade — 44% of Marquisa's all-time total
Marquisa decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Runner-up 67 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Marquisa's strongest decade
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% 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, 1974–2002 (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.