Boys' name · since 1988
Marquiss
Marquiss has 11 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 11
- total births
- 1988–1997
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
Marquiss is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 11 have been recorded since 1988.
Marquiss has 11 recorded births among boys since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 1997.
- 11 total births
- 1988–1997 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 55% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Marquiss's 11 recorded births place it above 25% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marquiss's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Marquiss's SSA record in two at 1997 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1988 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Marquiss popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1997
- Peak year (1988)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Marquiss by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Marquiss's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Marquiss births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Marquiss's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (6 total births) through the 1990s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1988–1997 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Marquiss: Baby Name Since 1988 - 11 Births, Peak 1988." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/marquiss. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Marquiss 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 July 2026.