How Many People Are Named Marquita?
people named Marquita are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 33,574 people in the US has this name
Based on 11,041 babies named Marquita in Social Security records from 1919 to 2015, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,563 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Feminine variant of MARQUIS.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Marquita (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Marquita alive today is about 44 years old, and 85% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 38 and 45 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Marquita first appears in the records in 1919 and was given most often in 1983, to 2,563 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2015.
Babies given the name each year, 1919 to 2015
🏆 Rank History
Marquita has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #112, in 1983.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #112 (1983) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #375 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Marquita alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Marquita were born in Illinois than in any other state: about 921 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Marquita was given 5.3 times as often in Mississippi, 5.1 times in District of Columbia and 3.1 times in Alabama.
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