Marquese
Marquese is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Marquese Chriss, American basketball player Marquese Scott, American dancer
Meaning & Origin of Marquese
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Marquese is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Marquese Chriss, American basketball player Marquese Scott, American dancer
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The Story of Marquese
American parents first put Marquese on the record books as a baby boy name in 1974, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1991, when 68 Marqueses were born — ranking #1,368 that year. About 38% of every Marquese on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Marquese ranks #7,702 for baby boys with 7 births, falling sharply (-36%). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Marquese
Marquese is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Marquese's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #1,368. Use the chart and map above to compare Marquese's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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