Marquez Boy
How popular is Marquez?
#2,940 boy name in 2025
42 baby boys were named Marquez in the US in 2025, making it the 2940th most popular boy name.
Marquez popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,940 for boys (▲ 330 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 42 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-41% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,019 in 2015, #2,094 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1998 (258 boys) |
| Highest rank | #664 in 1998 |
| First recorded | 1969 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Marquez counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Marquis family of names ranked #914 for boys in 2025 (#850 the year before), with 230 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Marquis | 99 | 43% |
| Marquise | 60 | 26% |
| Marquez | 42 | 18% |
| Marques | 23 | 10% |
| Marquese | 6 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Marquez is most popular
Babies named Marquez per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Marquez by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1970s | 117 | #2,104 |
| 1980s | 608 | #872 |
| 1990s | 1,920 | #664 |
| 2000s | 1,783 | #783 |
| 2010s | 906 | #1,263 |
| 2020s | 295 | #2,094 |
Boy names about as popular as Marquez
Questions
- Is Marquez a boy or girl name?
- Marquez is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Marquez were boys.
- How popular is the name Marquez?
- 42 baby boys were named Marquez in the US in 2025, making it the 2940th most popular boy name.
- When was Marquez most popular?
- Marquez peaked in 1998, when 258 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #664 in 1998.
- How many people are named Marquez?
- 5,641 babies have been named Marquez in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,510 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 26.
- Where is Marquez most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Marquez was most common in Georgia, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.