Marquise
Masculine · “lord of the marches”
Marquise is given to both — 10,603 boys and 392 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Marquise is a French noble title — the lord of a march, a frontier province — and the word march means a border.
How old is the name Marquise?
Marquise first appears in US birth records in 1969 — 56 years ago. The typical Marquise alive today was born around 1998, making them about 27 years old. About 10,500 people named Marquise are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Marquise most popular?
Marquise peaked in 1995, reaching #370 nationally. Today it ranks #2304, 1,934 places below that high. See the whole 1995 chart.
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Where it comes from
From marka to Marquise
The story of Marquise
A march was a frontier zone and its lord ranked above an ordinary count because the job was harder; the Welsh Marches and the Spanish March were exactly that. Marquise is properly the feminine in French. American families took it as a masculine given name in the twentieth century, and it is in current use.
Meaning
lord of the marches
From the French marquis, from the Frankish marka, 'boundary' or 'frontier region'. A marquess governed a march, a border province needing defense, which is why the rank sits above a count. The same root gives 'march' as a border and the Marches of Wales. The etymology is documented.
How the name formed
- marka
- marchis
- Marquise
Related forms: Marquis · Marquis · Marqués
Pronouncing Marquise
mar-KEESE
Two syllables, stress on the second. French marquis is mar-KEE without the final s.
Nicknames for Marquise
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1969
- Most boys named
- 1995644 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #370reached in 1995
- Change vs 2024
- −1.6%60 in 2025, from 61
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Marquise in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Marquis in French — related form
- Marquis in English — spelling variant
- Marqués in Spanish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Florida, Illinois.
Marquises among us
people named Marquise are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 28,468 born in 2025 was named Marquise
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jamey test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Marquise's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jamey climbed just as high around 1976, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jamey's path sketches the road Marquise is walking now.
Marquise sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Marquise is headed
Marquise is easing off slowly — about 22% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Marquise beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Marquise in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That a marquess outranked a count because border duty was harder is a first-rate fact.
- Marq is available as a sharp short form.
- The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
- In French the -ise ending is the feminine form.
- It is a noble title and carries a claim.
- Marquis and Marquise are both in American circulation.
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Frequently asked
- How many Marquises are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 10,500 people named Marquise are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Marquise in 2025?
- Marquise ranks #2304 among US boy names in 2025, with 60 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Marquise?
- About 1 in every 28,468 US boys born in 2025 was named Marquise — 60 in all.
- Will my child share the name Marquise with classmates?
- Marquise will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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