Marquita comes from the AfricanAmerican / French tradition, meaning From The Border.
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How popular is Marquita?
1983peak year
The name Marquita reached its peak in 1983, with 2,543 registrations (ranked #112). It had been quietly building for over half a century before that, first appearing in records in 1919. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #15726) today, averaging about 6 new babies per year. Across all years on record, approximately 11,040 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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