How rare is the name Marquise?

7,873 people in the United States have the first name Marquise, about 1 in 38,363. It ranks #2,900 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

MARQUISE

#2,900

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,873
About
1 in 38,363
This common or more
81.1%
Who bears it

Of the 7,873 people named Marquise, 85.1% reported their origin as Black, 6.3% as two or more races and 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino. 95.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Marquise peaked in 1995, when 673 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19662025
Peak year
1995
Births that year
673
In 2025*
60 ▼91%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 10,995 babies have been given the name since 1966. 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.

Marquise by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #963. The largest share of babies named Marquise, 42.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#13,05816
1970s#3,969314
1980s#1,8551,322
1990s#9634,871
2000s#1,6882,614
2010s#2,8771,361
2020s#4,023497
Generation X 1965–803.6%
Millennials 1981–9641.7%
Generation Z 1997–1242.4%
2013 and later12.3%

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 Marquise is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marquise has been most common in Maryland (2.5×), South Carolina (2.3×), and District of Columbia (2.3×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.28×).

8,639 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.

Exactly as common as Marquise

1 other first name also has 7,873 people.

#2,900 Star · 7,873

Either side of Marquise

#2,898 Anais · 7,875#2,898 Letitia · 7,875#2,900 Star · 7,873#2,902 Alysia · 7,857

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marquise, most common first.

#1,751 Marquis · 17,235#3,458 Marques · 6,006#12,395 Marquese · 1,005#12,395 Marquisha · 1,005#15,496 Marqus · 742#18,867 Marquice · 567#27,293 Marquies · 336#37,614 Marquisa · 207

Also a last name

As a last name, Marquise ranks #151,639 of 156,621, with 107 people. See Marquise as a last name

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