Marquis Boy
How popular is Marquis?
#1,668 boy name in 2025
99 baby boys were named Marquis in the US in 2025, making it the 1668th most popular boy name.
Marquis popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,668 for boys (▼ 209 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 99 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-57% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #928 in 2015, #1,149 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1990 (1,037 boys) |
| Highest rank | #258 in 1990 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Marquis 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 Marquis is most popular
Babies named Marquis per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Georgia: 0.2 per 1,000 (56 boys)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (68 boys)
- Michigan: 0.1 per 1,000 (28 boys)
- South Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 boys)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (32 boys)
Marquis by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 8 | #682 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1910s | 84 | #1,588 |
| 1920s | 103 | #2,088 |
| 1930s | 79 | #1,976 |
| 1940s | 94 | #1,942 |
| 1950s | 170 | #1,667 |
| 1960s | 265 | #1,168 |
| 1970s | 1,650 | #488 |
| 1980s | 4,893 | #302 |
| 1990s | 8,833 | #258 |
| 2000s | 4,924 | #422 |
| 2010s | 2,637 | #643 |
| 2020s | 822 | #1,149 |
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Questions
- Is Marquis a boy or girl name?
- Marquis is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Marquis were boys.
- How popular is the name Marquis?
- 99 baby boys were named Marquis in the US in 2025, making it the 1668th most popular boy name.
- When was Marquis most popular?
- Marquis peaked in 1990, when 1,037 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #258 in 1990.
- How many people are named Marquis?
- 25,041 babies have been named Marquis in the US since 1880. We estimate about 23,859 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 31.
- Where is Marquis most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Marquis was most common in Georgia, at 0.2 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.