Marquese
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mar-KEES
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Marquese is a boys' name of French origin, meaning “nobleman, marquis”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Marquese mean?
French: spelling of Marquis
“nobleman, marquis”
A spelling of Marquis, the French title for a nobleman ranked above a count, first the ruler of a border march.
Is Marquese a girl's or a boy's name?
Marquese is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marquese in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Marquese, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 68 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Marquese than any year since 1977.
Half of all the boys named Marquese in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 172 boys in the US were given Marquese or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,076, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
Marquese in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 29 | #3,637 |
| 2008 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2007 | 39 | #2,972 |
| 2006 | 51 | #2,397 |
| 2005 | 44 | #2,524 |
| 2004 | 35 | #2,883 |
| 2003 | 37 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 34 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 36 | #2,613 |
| 2000 | 44 | #2,218 |
| 1999 | 56 | #1,775 |
| 1998 | 51 | #1,896 |
| 1997 | 52 | #1,811 |
| 1996 | 54 | #1,722 |
| 1995 | 56 | #1,618 |
| 1994 | 53 | #1,684 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,002 |
| 1992 | 50 | #1,692 |
| 1991 | 68 | #1,362 |
| 1990 | 45 | #1,750 |
| 1989 | 31 | #2,200 |
| 1988 | 37 | #1,810 |
| 1987 | 23 | #2,396 |
| 1986 | 22 | #2,427 |
| 1985 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1984 | 19 | #2,528 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,675 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
Names like Marquese
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Josue Miguel Marco Luca Pablo Luis Osvaldo Juancarlos Pierce Cruz Paolo Marcelo
Other spellings of Marquese
Names related to Marquese
More French names
Eleanor Beau Esme Darcie Darcy Genevieve Amy Esmae Arleth Elle Russell Monty Mallory Percy Lacey Belle
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, “Marquese: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marquese, updated 20 October 2026.