first name
MARQUIS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 17,235 people named Marquis, 82.5% reported their origin as Black, 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.9% as two or more races. 98% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Marquis peaked in 1990, when 1,065 babies got the name.
At least 25,041 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Marquis by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #619. The largest share of babies named Marquis, 46.3%, 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 Marquis is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marquis has been most common in District of Columbia (3.2×), Georgia (2.7×), and Florida (2.6×), and least common in Minnesota (0.15×).
21,919 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 Marquis
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marquis, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Marquis ranks #4,182 of 156,621, with 8,206 people. See Marquis as a last name
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