How Many People Are Named Marquis?
people named Marquis are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 14,370 people in the US has this name
Based on 25,041 babies named Marquis in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,065 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a noble title which was derived from the Old French word marchis "march, borderland", which originally referred to someone who ruled on the borderlands of a realm.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Marquis in English. Counting Marquis and these spellings together, about 42,243 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Marquis, 1.9% were girls and 98.1% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Marquis alive today is about 29 years old, and 51% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 21 and 37 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Marquis first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1990, to 1,065 babies. In 2025, 99 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Marquis has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #258, in 1990. In 2025 it ranked #1,672.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,672 |
| Best rank | #258 (1990) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #310 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Marquis alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Marquis were born in Florida than in any other state: about 1,871 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Marquis was given 4 times as often in District of Columbia, 2.7 times in Georgia and 2.5 times in South Carolina.
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