Fun Facts About the Name Marquez
- More than 5 thousand babies named Marquez: U.S. records list 5,641 babies given the name Marquez from 1880 through 2025. Even 5 girls received the name Marquez - about 1 girl for every 1,127 boys.
What Does the Name Marquez Mean?
Marquez is the English-language spelling of the Spanish surname Márquez, a patronymic name meaning 'son of Marco' (or, in some sources, 'son of Marcos'). It comes from Spanish. The ending -ez is a common Castilian patronymic suffix, also found in González, Ramírez, and Sánchez. The base name Marco is the Spanish form of Latin Marcus, which is also the source of the English name Mark. The literal sense is 'son of Marco,' not a description of character. The deeper origin of Latin Marcus is uncertain; it has often been connected to Mars, the Roman god of war, but that link is not firmly established, so 'warlike' is a customary interpretation rather than a secure etymology. As a given name, Marquez is a transferred use of the surname and carries the surname's patronymic meaning. Because English often omits accents, the spelling Marquez can also represent the distinct Spanish surname Marqués, which comes from the noble title marqués ('marquis') and has a different origin; the usual explanation for Marquez, however, is the patronymic from Marco.
Marquez Name History & Origins
The surname Márquez developed in medieval Spain from the personal name Marco plus the patronymic ending -ez. Patronymic bynames of this kind became hereditary in the kingdoms of Castile and León during the Middle Ages, as an identifying reference to a father turned into a fixed family name passed down through generations. The standard Spanish spelling is Márquez, with an accent on the first syllable. In English-speaking countries the accent is usually dropped, giving Marquez.
The Latin base name Marcus was borne by Saint Mark the Evangelist, and devotion to him helped keep forms of the name in use in Christian Europe. In Spanish, Marcos is the form used for the evangelist and as a given name, while Marco is the form behind the surname Márquez. In Spanish-speaking communities, Márquez is normally a family name, not a traditional first name. Its use as a given name is mainly a transferred-surname pattern, found in the United States and other English-speaking places, especially among families with Spanish-speaking ancestry. As a first name it does not have a separate ancient history; it inherits the development of the surname.
How Popular is the Name Marquez?
Marquez recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1998. Its best rank was #664 in 1998.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | #14,374 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,965 | 42 | 0.0025% |
| 2024 | #3,303 | 36 | 0.0021% |
| 2023 | #2,826 | 45 | 0.0026% |
| 2022 | #2,813 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 2021 | #2,343 | 59 | 0.0034% |
| 2020 | #2,107 | 67 | 0.0039% |
| 2019 | #2,056 | 71 | 0.0040% |
| 2018 | #1,950 | 76 | 0.0042% |
| 2017 | #1,967 | 73 | 0.0039% |
| 2016 | #1,778 | 86 | 0.0045% |
| 2015 | #2,030 | 71 | 0.0037% |
| 2014 | #1,711 | 89 | 0.0046% |
| 2013 | #1,822 | 79 | 0.0042% |
| 2012 | #1,556 | 102 | 0.0054% |
| 2011 | #1,382 | 121 | 0.0064% |
| 2010 | #1,265 | 138 | 0.0072% |
| 2009 | #1,081 | 172 | 0.0087% |
| 2008 | #1,131 | 162 | 0.0079% |
| 2007 | #1,062 | 176 | 0.0085% |
| 2006 | #1,111 | 158 | 0.0077% |
| 2005 | #948 | 185 | 0.0093% |
| 2004 | #955 | 176 | 0.0089% |
| 2003 | #903 | 185 | 0.0094% |
| 2002 | #922 | 174 | 0.0090% |
| 2001 | #866 | 186 | 0.0096% |
| 2000 | #788 | 209 | 0.0106% |
| 1999 | #714 | 231 | 0.0120% |
| 1998 | #664 | 258 | 0.0135% |
| 1997 | #719 | 218 | 0.0116% |
| 1996 | #703 | 226 | 0.0119% |
| 1995 | #753 | 204 | 0.0107% |
| 1994 | #836 | 163 | 0.0084% |
| 1993 | #773 | 185 | 0.0094% |
| 1992 | #812 | 167 | 0.0084% |
| 1991 | #934 | 129 | 0.0064% |
| 1990 | #871 | 139 | 0.0068% |
| 1989 | #877 | 132 | 0.0066% |
| 1988 | #939 | 105 | 0.0055% |
| 1987 | #1,084 | 79 | 0.0042% |
| 1986 | #1,373 | 52 | 0.0028% |
| 1985 | #1,237 | 60 | 0.0032% |
| 1984 | #1,309 | 51 | 0.0028% |
| 1983 | #1,414 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 1982 | #1,800 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 1981 | #1,841 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 1980 | #2,415 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1979 | #2,137 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 1978 | #3,019 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1977 | #2,245 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 1976 | #2,667 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1975 | #3,831 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1974 | #2,752 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1973 | #4,346 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1972 | #4,278 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1970 | #5,184 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1969 | #3,811 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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