Marquis

Gender: Boy
Say it: mar-KEES
Origin: Germanic
US rank, 2025: #1,668 for boys

Marquis is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “lord of a borderland”. In 2025 it ranked 1,668th for boys in the US (99 babies).

What does Marquis mean?

Germanic: French noble title, from marche, borderland, of Frankish origin

“lord of a borderland”

A French noble title ranking between count and duke, first given to lords guarding a border territory, or march.

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

Marquis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 99 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Marquis in the US?

Rank in 2025: 1,668th among boys
Babies in 2025: 99 about 1 in 17,000 boys
Five-year trend: Falling down 40% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 99 boys in the US were named Marquis, making it the 1,668th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,149th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 1,037 boys.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Marquis than any year since 1971.

Half of all the boys named Marquis in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 172 boys in the US were given Marquis or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,076, up from #1,668 for this spelling alone.

Marquis 99
Marquise 60
Markis 7
Marquese 6

1880Busiest: 1,037 in 19902025

Marquis in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	99	#1,668
2024	124	#1,459
2023	136	#1,369
2022	141	#1,330
2021	153	#1,245
2020	169	#1,149
2019	223	#957
2018	207	#998
2017	201	#1,007
2016	223	#939
2015	230	#928
2014	270	#835
2013	275	#799
2012	300	#763
2011	333	#695
2010	375	#643
2009	410	#613
2008	445	#577
2007	452	#569
2006	455	#551
2005	471	#521
2004	583	#446
2003	534	#469
2002	457	#501
2001	531	#454
2000	586	#422
1999	616	#398
1998	732	#357
1997	801	#329
1996	897	#296
1995	913	#289
1994	959	#283
1993	999	#282
1992	914	#295
1991	965	#276
1990	1,037	#258
1989	798	#302
1988	659	#326
1987	550	#353
1986	484	#379
1985	504	#364
1984	458	#381
1983	415	#398
1982	379	#429
1981	335	#451
1980	311	#476
1979	288	#488
1978	254	#513
1977	234	#543
1976	169	#631
1975	156	#659
1974	142	#686
1973	128	#710
1972	100	#797
1971	92	#848
1970	87	#861
1969	45	#1,168
1968	36	#1,258
1967	29	#1,410
1966	24	#1,579
1965	20	#1,773
1964	27	#1,509
1963	19	#1,838
1962	31	#1,402
1961	21	#1,777
1960	13	#2,313
1959	19	#1,864
1958	12	#2,368
1957	16	#2,018
1956	20	#1,764
1955	18	#1,844
1954	21	#1,667
1953	17	#1,899
1952	13	#2,152
1951	15	#1,971
1950	19	#1,700
1949	10	#2,452
1948	15	#1,942
1947	13	#2,168
1946	9	#2,533
1945	9	#2,392
1944	8	#2,632
1943	8	#2,731
1942	9	#2,522
1941	8	#2,655
1940	5	#3,458
1939	8	#2,609
1938	13	#1,976
1937	5	#3,516
1936	5	#3,548
1935	5	#3,644
1934	5	#3,677
1933	10	#2,367
1932	11	#2,313
1931	11	#2,327
1930	6	#3,590
1929	0	–
1928	6	#3,695
1927	7	#3,450
1926	11	#2,565
1925	15	#2,088
1924	11	#2,641
1923	14	#2,223
1922	13	#2,346
1921	14	#2,264
1920	12	#2,458
1919	14	#2,151
1918	8	#3,095
1917	7	#3,216
1916	12	#2,258
1915	8	#2,828
1914	12	#1,867
1913	11	#1,675
1912	7	#2,044
1911	0	–
1910	5	#1,588
1909	0	–
1908	0	–
1907	0	–
1906	0	–
1905	0	–
1904	0	–
1903	0	–
1902	0	–
1901	0	–
1900	0	–
1899	0	–
1898	0	–
1897	0	–
1896	0	–
1895	5	#1,078
1894	0	–
1893	0	–
1892	0	–
1891	0	–
1890	0	–
1889	0	–
1888	0	–
1887	0	–
1886	0	–
1885	0	–
1884	0	–
1883	0	–
1882	0	–
1881	0	–
1880	8	#682