How popular is the name Marques?

Marques ranks 1,177th among boys' names in US records, with 8,491 births since 1915. Over the past decade it accounts for 445.

Is Marques a unisex name?

No. Marques is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1984, when 350 children were given the name. It has been in use for 110 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Marx, Marks. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#1,177 of boy names

Pronounced M AA1 R K S (ARPABET)

Marques is a boys' name, and first appears in 1915. It has been given to 8,491 children — the 1,177th most common boys' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 445 births across the past decade, against a peak of 350 in a single year. That peak was in 1984.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Marx and Marks — because they are pronounced identically.

1984Boys: 350Girls: 0

These spellings sound identical to Marques and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Marques?: Marques ranks 1,177th among boys' names in US records, with 8,491 births since 1915. Over the past decade it accounts for 445.
Is Marques a unisex name?: No. Marques is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Marques most popular?: 1984, when 350 children were given the name. It has been in use for 110 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Marques spelled?: Marx, Marks. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.