# Marquis (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marquis/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 25,041 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 24,567 / 474 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 16, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 28 | 3,632 |
| 1990 | 28 | 3,777 |
| 1991 | 30 | 3,601 |
| 1992 | 20 | 4,972 |
| 1993 | 24 | 4,334 |
| 1994 | 17 | 5,606 |
| 1995 | 25 | 4,175 |
| 1996 | 15 | 6,257 |
| 1997 | 7 | 11,610 |
| 1998 | 7 | 11,938 |
| 2000 | 8 | 11,416 |
| 2001 | 7 | 12,952 |
| 2002 | 6 | 14,762 |
| 2003 | 6 | 15,078 |
| 2004 | 5 | 17,842 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 333 | 697 |
| 2012 | 300 | 764 |
| 2013 | 275 | 802 |
| 2014 | 270 | 838 |
| 2015 | 230 | 928 |
| 2016 | 223 | 939 |
| 2017 | 201 | 1,009 |
| 2018 | 207 | 1,004 |
| 2019 | 223 | 960 |
| 2020 | 169 | 1,151 |
| 2021 | 153 | 1,249 |
| 2022 | 141 | 1,335 |
| 2023 | 136 | 1,375 |
| 2024 | 124 | 1,466 |
| 2025 | 99 | 1,672 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 2,859 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,208 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |

## People named Marquis

- Marquis Daniels, American basketball player
- Marquis Teague, American basketball player (born 1993)
- Marquis Dendy, American long jumper and triple jumper
- Marquis Grissom, American professional baseball player, outfielder, coach
- Jalen Brunson, American basketball player (born 1996)
- L.A. Reid, American record executive (born 1956)
- Doron Perkins, American basketball player and coach (born 1983)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.