Marquee
Boy · mar-KEE · French
Marquee is a boys' name of French origin, meaning “lord of a border territory”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Marquee mean?
French: respelling of Marquis, a French title of nobility
“lord of a border territory”
A respelling of Marquis, the noble title for a lord who held a march, or border region.
- Say it
- mar-KEE
Is Marquee a girl's or a boy's name?
Marquee is a boys' name.
How popular is Marquee in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Marquee in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marquee in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
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