girls:
5 births since 1990
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
5.6k births since 1969
#1593 (65th percentile)
overall:
5.6k births since 1969
#3644 (53rd percentile)
The name Marquez is the #3,644 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,563 recorded births since 1969. This represents the 52.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 52.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,593 (65.3% percentile) for all time with 5,558 births since 1969. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1990.
Marquez first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1969 (1969 for boys and 1990 for girls). Birth data for Marquez is available in 54 out of the 55 years between 1969 and 2023 (54 years for boys and 1 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 Marquez has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.9% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Marquez reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 30.6% percentile (ranked #552) with 127 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 127 births per million (ranked 30.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 1999, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Marquez ranks #871 for boys (4.4% percentile) with 25 births per million, which is 19.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Marquez reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #862) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1990, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1990.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marquez".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Marquez. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 36.4% confident that Marquez is pronounced as MAHR-kehz, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mahr-KEHZ, at 29.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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