girls:
652 births since 1937
#5064 (11th percentile)
boys:
1.3k births since 1948
#3335 (27th percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1937
#5837 (25th percentile)
The name Marquette is the #5,837 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,929 recorded births since 1937. This represents the 24.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 24.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,335 (27.2% percentile) for all time with 1,277 births since 1948. For girls, it ranks #5,064 (11.4% percentile) for all time with 652 births since 1937.
Marquette first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1937 (1937 for girls and 1948 for boys). Birth data for Marquette is available in 70 out of the 86 years between 1937 and 2022 (64 years for boys and 49 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 Marquette has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (66.2% of all recorded births). In 2022, 100.0% of babies named Marquette were boys. Interestingly, until around 1958, the name was more popular for girls (67.2% girls from 1937 to 1957), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (67.3% boys from 1958 to 2022).
For boys, Marquette reached its peak popularity in 1992, achieving the 5.9% percentile (ranked #725) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 1992, with 24 births per million (ranked 5.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Marquette reached its peak popularity in 1984, achieving the 3.7% percentile (ranked #759) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 1984, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2001.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marquette".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Marquette. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.1% confident that Marquette is pronounced as mahr-KEHT, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAHR-keht, at 11.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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