Boys' name · peaked in 1993
Marquis name popularity since 1925
24,880 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Marquis (1.9% girls, 98.1% boys). Half of them were born in 1994 or earlier, so the typical Marquis is about 32 years old in 2026. Marquis peaked in 1993 as the #282 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 24,880
- Named Marquis, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,672 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 98.1% boys
- 474 girls · 24,406 boys
- Most popular in
- District of Columbia
- 3.11× its national share
Peak year is the year Marquis made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Marquis births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1990. Measured as a share of all babies, Marquis peaked in 1993.
- Fastest rise: Between 1972 and 1977, Marquis became 2.3× more common, from 1 in 16,200 baby boys to 1 in 7,020.
- Steepest fall: Between 1997 and 2002, its share of baby boys fell by 45%, from 1 in 2,350 to 1 in 4,250.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Marquis's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Marquis.
Decade by decade
Babies named Marquis in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 39 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 79 | #3,974 |
| 1940s | 0 | 94 | #2,516 |
| 1950s | 0 | 170 | #1,887 |
| 1960s | 0 | 265 | #1,799 |
| 1970s | 83 | 1,650 | #662 |
| 1980s | 186 | 4,893 | #364 |
| 1990s | 173 | 8,833 | #289 |
| 2000s | 32 | 4,924 | #523 |
| 2010s | 0 | 2,637 | #928 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 822 | #1,672 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
46.6% of babies named Marquis from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Marquis is most popular
The index compares Marquis's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Marquis.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 3.11× | 318 |
| Georgia | 2.77× | 1,700 |
| Florida | 2.41× | 1,934 |
| South Carolina | 2.18× | 676 |
| Virginia | 1.88× | 940 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Marquis and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Marquis (this page) | 24,406 | 1993 |
| Marquise | 10,603 | 1995 |
| Marques | 8,070 | 1984 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Marquis's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Marquis.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Marquis (1993).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data