Marques is a boy name with a classic feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Marques means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Marques across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Marques has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Marques is a boy name of Latin origin meaning “warlike or nobleman”. A variant of Marcus, also a Portuguese surname meaning marquis.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 8,093 births |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 34 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Marques per year, United States (1952 to 2025). United States peaked in 1983 (350/yr) · England & Wales peaked in 2004 (9/yr).
Marques has been a fairly common baby name in the United States. It was most common in 1983, when it ranked #970 nationally (given to 350 babies that year).
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