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Marquay

Gender
Boy
Say it
mar-KAY
Origin
Modern

Marquay is a boys' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Marquay come from?

Modern: modern coinage, perhaps a respelling of Marquis or Marquez

Is Marquay a girl's or a boy's name?

Marquay is a boys' name.

How popular is Marquay in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1985.

Half of all the boys named Marquay in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.

1985Busiest: 12 in 19982019
Marquay in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20197#9,750
20185#12,150
20170–
20160–
20156#10,638
20140–
20135#12,129
20120–
20117#9,593
201010#7,585
20098#8,980
20089#8,319
20078#8,909
20066#10,655
20058#8,292
200411#6,514
200311#6,251
20027#8,449
200111#6,006
20008#7,409
19999#6,524
199812#5,153
19970–
19967#7,129
199511#5,118
19945#8,794
19935#8,693
19920–
199111#4,752
199010#4,986
19896#6,934
19880–
19875#6,945
19860–
19855#6,517

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Marquay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marquay, updated 20 October 2026.