Marquita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mar-KEE-ta
- Origin
- Modern
Marquita is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Marquita come from?
Modern: American coinage, a feminine of Marquis with Spanish -ita
Is Marquita a girl's or a boy's name?
Marquita is a girls' name.
How popular is Marquita in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1983, with 2,543 girls. It first appears in the records in 1919.
Half of all the girls named Marquita in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marquita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,531 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,545 |
| 2000 | 40 | #3,329 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,932 |
| 1998 | 60 | #2,335 |
| 1997 | 71 | #1,999 |
| 1996 | 74 | #1,928 |
| 1995 | 92 | #1,610 |
| 1994 | 138 | #1,244 |
| 1993 | 219 | #880 |
| 1992 | 227 | #872 |
| 1991 | 246 | #829 |
| 1990 | 255 | #788 |
| 1989 | 304 | #665 |
| 1988 | 315 | #631 |
| 1987 | 364 | #550 |
| 1986 | 440 | #487 |
| 1985 | 535 | #417 |
| 1984 | 1,374 | #195 |
| 1983 | 2,543 | #112 |
| 1982 | 128 | #1,099 |
| 1981 | 135 | #1,055 |
| 1980 | 120 | #1,136 |
| 1979 | 127 | #1,080 |
| 1978 | 127 | #1,057 |
| 1977 | 119 | #1,088 |
| 1976 | 114 | #1,071 |
| 1975 | 108 | #1,083 |
| 1974 | 153 | #855 |
| 1973 | 122 | #973 |
| 1972 | 118 | #1,000 |
| 1971 | 114 | #1,057 |
| 1970 | 100 | #1,154 |
| 1969 | 79 | #1,259 |
| 1968 | 60 | #1,459 |
| 1967 | 71 | #1,281 |
| 1966 | 58 | #1,448 |
| 1965 | 73 | #1,256 |
| 1964 | 57 | #1,497 |
| 1963 | 72 | #1,298 |
| 1962 | 73 | #1,292 |
| 1961 | 70 | #1,326 |
| 1960 | 63 | #1,384 |
| 1959 | 75 | #1,229 |
| 1958 | 56 | #1,416 |
| 1957 | 78 | #1,192 |
| 1956 | 58 | #1,364 |
| 1955 | 60 | #1,302 |
| 1954 | 57 | #1,316 |
| 1953 | 38 | #1,585 |
| 1952 | 54 | #1,296 |
| 1951 | 49 | #1,331 |
| 1950 | 49 | #1,301 |
| 1949 | 47 | #1,334 |
| 1948 | 41 | #1,438 |
| 1947 | 48 | #1,317 |
| 1946 | 38 | #1,418 |
| 1945 | 33 | #1,401 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,741 |
| 1943 | 31 | #1,491 |
| 1942 | 38 | #1,300 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,649 |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,374 |
| 1939 | 24 | #1,544 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,703 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,845 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,950 |
| 1935 | 23 | #1,550 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,603 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,906 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,748 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,689 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,586 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,283 |
| 1927 | 17 | #2,168 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,350 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,391 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,003 |
Names like Marquita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maria, Angela, Melissa, Monica, Marissa, Marisol, Marina, Amanda, Priscilla, Maricela, Maritza, Diana
Names related to Marquita
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Marquita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marquita, updated 20 October 2026.