Marquise — #2342 US boys' name
10,541 babies named Marquise in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 84% of names given to boys today.
44% of everyone ever named Marquise was born in this single decade.
644 babies were named Marquise in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marquise
The Social Security Administration has registered 10,541 babies named Marquise between 1969 and 2024, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Marquise currently holds the #2342 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 644 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marquise performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 4,670 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Marquise shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 815 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Marquise in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marquise 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 10,541 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.
Marquise at a glance
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Current rank
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Marquise popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1969
- Peak year (1995)
- 644
- Annual births at peak — across 56 years of records
Currently ranks #2342 among boys.
10,541 total births across 56 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 644 births in a single year.
Marquise popularity over time — girls
392 total births recorded since 1966 (Marquise as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Marquise accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Marquise by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 4,670 births that decade — 44% of Marquise's all-time total
Marquise decade highlights
- Peak decade 4,670 births
- Runner-up 2,593 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Marquise's strongest decade
4,670 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Marquise by state
Where Marquise concentrates geographically — total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 815 | 7.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 685 | 6.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 684 | 6.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 657 | 6.2% |
| #5 | Florida | | 607 | 5.8% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 582 | 5.5% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 497 | 4.7% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 412 | 3.9% |
815 of 10,541 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 35 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 7.7% of nationwide
- Texas 6.5% of nationwide
- New York 6.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 6.2% of nationwide
- Florida 5.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 35 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Marquise appears in 35 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1969–2024 (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.