Marquez
Boy · MAR-kez · Spanish
Marquez is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “son of Marcos”. In 2025 it ranked 2,940th for boys in the US (42 babies).
What does Marquez mean?
Spanish: Spanish surname Marquez
“son of Marcos”
A Spanish surname meaning son of Marcos, borne by the Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
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- MAR-kez
Is Marquez a girl's or a boy's name?
Marquez is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 42 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marquez in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,940among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 42about 1 in 41,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 42 boys in the US were named Marquez, making it the 2,940th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,094th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 258 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the boys named Marquez in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 65 boys in the US were given Marquez or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,889, up from #2,940 for this spelling alone.
- Marquez 42
- Marques 23
Marquez in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #2,940 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | 45 | #2,804 |
| 2022 | 46 | #2,791 |
| 2021 | 59 | #2,320 |
| 2020 | 67 | #2,094 |
| 2019 | 71 | #2,041 |
| 2018 | 76 | #1,936 |
| 2017 | 73 | #1,958 |
| 2016 | 86 | #1,774 |
| 2015 | 71 | #2,019 |
| 2014 | 89 | #1,701 |
| 2013 | 79 | #1,810 |
| 2012 | 102 | #1,551 |
| 2011 | 121 | #1,377 |
| 2010 | 138 | #1,263 |
| 2009 | 172 | #1,078 |
| 2008 | 162 | #1,129 |
| 2007 | 176 | #1,060 |
| 2006 | 158 | #1,106 |
| 2005 | 185 | #945 |
| 2004 | 176 | #953 |
| 2003 | 185 | #901 |
| 2002 | 174 | #920 |
| 2001 | 186 | #862 |
| 2000 | 209 | #783 |
| 1999 | 231 | #712 |
| 1998 | 258 | #664 |
| 1997 | 218 | #718 |
| 1996 | 226 | #702 |
| 1995 | 204 | #747 |
| 1994 | 163 | #833 |
| 1993 | 185 | #768 |
| 1992 | 167 | #809 |
| 1991 | 129 | #930 |
| 1990 | 139 | #865 |
| 1989 | 132 | #872 |
| 1988 | 105 | #937 |
| 1987 | 79 | #1,076 |
| 1986 | 52 | #1,362 |
| 1985 | 60 | #1,227 |
| 1984 | 51 | #1,293 |
| 1983 | 45 | #1,398 |
| 1982 | 32 | #1,773 |
| 1981 | 31 | #1,810 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,366 |
| 1979 | 24 | #2,104 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 21 | #2,202 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
Names like Marquez
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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