Marques Boy
How popular is Marques?
#4,395 boy name in 2025
23 baby boys were named Marques in the US in 2025, making it the 4395th most popular boy name.
Marques popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #4,395 for boys (▼ 873 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 23 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-63% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,169 in 2015, #3,495 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1984 (350 boys) |
| Highest rank | #447 in 1984 |
| First recorded | 1952 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Marques counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Marquis family of names ranked #914 for boys in 2025 (#850 the year before), with 230 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Marquis | 99 | 43% |
| Marquise | 60 | 26% |
| Marquez | 42 | 18% |
| Marques | 23 | 10% |
| Marquese | 6 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Marques is most popular
Babies named Marques per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Marques by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 29 | #2,797 |
| 1960s | 48 | #2,853 |
| 1970s | 772 | #629 |
| 1980s | 2,416 | #447 |
| 1990s | 1,796 | #685 |
| 2000s | 2,034 | #744 |
| 2010s | 807 | #1,092 |
| 2020s | 168 | #3,214 |
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Questions
- Is Marques a boy or girl name?
- Marques is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Marques were boys.
- How popular is the name Marques?
- 23 baby boys were named Marques in the US in 2025, making it the 4395th most popular boy name.
- When was Marques most popular?
- Marques peaked in 1984, when 350 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #447 in 1984.
- How many people are named Marques?
- 8,093 babies have been named Marques in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,792 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 31.
- Where is Marques most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Marques was most common in Florida, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.