Marquis
Marquis is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 123 births. Its best rank was 258th, in 1990.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1230.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 19901,037 births
- Best rank
- #258in 1990
- Since 1880
- 24,466people given the name
The story in the numbers
24,466 boys have been named Marquis in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 1,037 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1995, and the 1990s alone account for 36%. It has spent 49 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Marquis | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 8 | |
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 84 | |
| 1920s | 103 | |
| 1930s | 79 | |
| 1940s | 94 | |
| 1950s | 170 | |
| 1960s | 265 | |
| 1970s | 1,650 | |
| 1980s | 4,893 | |
| 1990s | 8,833 | |
| 2000s | 4,924 | |
| 2010s | 2,636 | |
| 2020s | 722 |
In 1990, its biggest year
Marquis was the 258th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1990 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 1990.
Names that rose and fell with Marquis
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rashawnpeak 1995
- Jessypeak 1992
- Deontapeak 1992
- Delvonpeak 1994
- Dontepeak 1997
- Tyrellpeak 1992
- Johnathonpeak 1990
- Diontepeak 1993
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.