Girls' name · since 1976
Marquitia
Since 1976, U.S. Social Security records show 32 babies named Marquitia, peaking in 1984. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 32
- total births
- 1976–1984
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 84%
- born in that decade
32 girls have been named Marquitia since 1976, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Marquitia has 32 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1976 to 1984.
- 32 total births
- 1976–1984 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 84% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Marquitia's 32 recorded births place it above 44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marquitia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Marquitia's SSA record in two at 1983 and the more recent half accounts for 84% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 16%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1984 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Marquitia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1984
- Peak year (1984)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Marquitia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Marquitia's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 84% of all-time use.
Marquitia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 27 births (84% of all-time use).
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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, 1976–1984 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Marquitia: Baby Name Since 1976 - 32 Births, Peak 1984." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/marquitia. 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 Marquitia 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.