Marques

girls:

23 births since 1982

#5693 (0th percentile)

boys:

8k births since 1952

#1318 (71st percentile)

overall:

8k births since 1952

#3016 (61st percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Marques is the #3,016 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,037 recorded births since 1952. This represents the 61.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 61.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,318 (71.3% percentile) for all time with 8,014 births since 1952. For girls, it ranks #5,693 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 23 births since 1982.

Marques first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1952 (1952 for boys and 1982 for girls). Birth data for Marques is available in 65 out of the 72 years between 1952 and 2023 (65 years for boys and 4 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

The name Marques has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.7% of all recorded births being male.

For boys, Marques reached its peak popularity in 1983, achieving the 41.0% percentile (ranked #406) with 184 births per million. The name was most common in 1984, with 186 births per million (ranked 40.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2007, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Marques ranks #893 for boys (2.0% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 6.7% of its peak share of births.

For girls, Marques reached its peak popularity in 1983, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #773) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1983, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1987.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marques".

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Key Statistics

Total Births
23
Peak Births
7
Peak Year
1983
First Recorded
1982
Peak Percentile
0.3%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#773
Current Rank
Female statistics
Total Births
8,014
Peak Births
350
Peak Year
1983
First Recorded
1952
Peak Percentile
41.0%
Current Percentile
2.0%
Peak Rank
#406
Current Rank
#893
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Marques

Our model has identified 10 different pronunciations for the name Marques. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 22.6% confident that Marques is pronounced as MAHR-kehs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mahrks, at 13.2% confidence, with 1 syllables.

MAHR-kehs (2 syllables)
22.6% confidence
M AA1 R K EH0 S
mahrks (1 syllable)
Verified
13.2% confidence
M AA1 R K S
MAHRK-wehs (2 syllables)
11.3% confidence
M AA1 R K W EH0 S
mahr-KEHS (2 syllables)
11.3% confidence
M AA0 R K EH1 S
MAHR-KEHS (2 syllables)
11.3% confidence
M AA1 R K EH1 S
MAHRK-WEHS (2 syllables)
9.4% confidence
M AA1 R K W EH1 S
MAHR-kehz (2 syllables)
7.5% confidence
M AA1 R K EH0 Z
mahrk-WEHS (2 syllables)
3.8% confidence
M AA0 R K W EH1 S
mahr-KEHZ (2 syllables)
3.8% confidence
M AA0 R K EH1 Z

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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