Marquita is a girl name with a classic feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Marquita means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Marquita across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Marquita has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Marquita is a girl name of Spanish origin meaning “little Marca, or a modern coinage”. A feminine diminutive, likely a form of Marquita or linked to Marcus.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 11,041 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 Marquita per year, United States (1919 to 2015). United States peaked in 1983 (2,563/yr).
Marquita has been a fairly common baby name in the United States. It was most common in 1983, when it ranked #223 nationally (given to 2,563 babies that year), and a popular choice in the 1980s.
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