Boys' name · since 1976
Marquist
135 babies named Marquist in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,469 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 135
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
135 boys have been named Marquist since 1976, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Marquist has 135 recorded births among boys since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2020.
- #15,469 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 135 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marquist ranks #15,469 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 135 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #15,469 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 135
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Marquist's 135 recorded births place it above 65.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marquist's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marquist splits its recorded history at 1991: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1976 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marquist popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2020
- Peak year (1991)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Marquist by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (56 births, 41% of the file).
1990s was Marquist's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Marquist births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
52 births
- 1990s
1990s
56 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 56 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Marquist's decade-level peak was the 1990s (56 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Marquist: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~44 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1976–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Marquist 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 August 2026.