first name
MARQUES
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,006 people named Marques, 70.9% reported their origin as Black, 12.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.7% as two or more races. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Marques peaked in 1983, when 350 babies got the name.
At least 8,093 babies have been given the name since 1952. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Marques by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,277. The largest share of babies named Marques, 42.8%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Marques is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marques has been most common in Georgia (2.4×), Wisconsin (2.1×), and Florida (2×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.27×).
5,573 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Marques
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marques, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Marques ranks #4,413 of 156,621, with 7,792 people. See Marques as a last name
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