Marquise
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mar-KEES
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,304 for boys
Marquise is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “lord of a borderland”. In 2025 it ranked 2,304th for boys in the US (60 babies).
What does Marquise mean?
Germanic: variant of Marquis
“lord of a borderland”
Used as a variant of Marquis; in French, marquise is the title of a marquis's wife.
Is Marquise a girl's or a boy's name?
Marquise is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 60 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marquise in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,304th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 60 about 1 in 28,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 60 boys in the US were named Marquise, making it the 2,304th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,579th. Its busiest year was 1995, with 644 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Marquise than any year since 1981.
Half of all the boys named Marquise in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 172 boys in the US were given Marquise or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,076, up from #2,304 for this spelling alone.
Marquise in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | #2,304 |
| 2024 | 61 | #2,313 |
| 2023 | 78 | #1,969 |
| 2022 | 102 | #1,678 |
| 2021 | 93 | #1,740 |
| 2020 | 103 | #1,579 |
| 2019 | 106 | #1,574 |
| 2018 | 113 | #1,513 |
| 2017 | 113 | #1,488 |
| 2016 | 110 | #1,522 |
| 2015 | 136 | #1,304 |
| 2014 | 132 | #1,321 |
| 2013 | 146 | #1,229 |
| 2012 | 153 | #1,182 |
| 2011 | 171 | #1,088 |
| 2010 | 181 | #1,059 |
| 2009 | 226 | #912 |
| 2008 | 224 | #915 |
| 2007 | 216 | #916 |
| 2006 | 234 | #857 |
| 2005 | 238 | #805 |
| 2004 | 261 | #728 |
| 2003 | 280 | #690 |
| 2002 | 282 | #663 |
| 2001 | 296 | #634 |
| 2000 | 336 | #589 |
| 1999 | 412 | #516 |
| 1998 | 517 | #442 |
| 1997 | 574 | #404 |
| 1996 | 543 | #417 |
| 1995 | 644 | #370 |
| 1994 | 502 | #448 |
| 1993 | 433 | #486 |
| 1992 | 343 | #549 |
| 1991 | 369 | #518 |
| 1990 | 333 | #551 |
| 1989 | 278 | #587 |
| 1988 | 196 | #673 |
| 1987 | 142 | #772 |
| 1986 | 113 | #854 |
| 1985 | 109 | #866 |
| 1984 | 102 | #871 |
| 1983 | 85 | #956 |
| 1982 | 75 | #1,050 |
| 1981 | 54 | #1,246 |
| 1980 | 61 | #1,166 |
| 1979 | 53 | #1,260 |
| 1978 | 43 | #1,410 |
| 1977 | 39 | #1,476 |
| 1976 | 32 | #1,645 |
| 1975 | 28 | #1,752 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 13 | #2,620 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
Names like Marquise
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luis, Josue, Marco, Miguel, Rodrigo, Pablo, Luca, Enrique, Marcelo, Cruz, Osvaldo, Marcus
Other spellings of Marquise
Names related to Marquise
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
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, “Marquise: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marquise, updated 20 October 2026.