Markell
Last seen for girls in 2009 at #17,294 · #3,036 for boys in 2025, 40 births
Given to boys 95.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1994 · 164 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,717since 1962
Markell over time
Rank among boys' names. Markell has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,036 | 40 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,476 | 55 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,113 | 69 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,468 | 56 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,982 | 75 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,743 | 88 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,110 | 68 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,823 | 83 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,661 | 95 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,539 | 108 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,740 | 88 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,506 | 107 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,537 | 104 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,478 | 109 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,296 | 132 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,200 | 149 | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #1,095 | 169 |
| 2008 | — | #1,146 | 158 | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #1,162 | 152 |
| 2006 | — | #1,097 | 160 | |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | #986 | 176 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #1,132 | 139 |
| 2003 | — | #1,181 | 126 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,139 | 125 | |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #1,017 | 146 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #1,061 | 135 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #956 | 151 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | #906 | 159 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #962 | 137 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | #1,079 | 112 |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 | #837 | 165 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #831 | 164 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #1,168 | 91 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #1,228 | 84 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #1,162 | 90 |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | #1,259 | 77 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #1,392 | 62 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #1,525 | 48 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #1,612 | 43 |
| 1986 | — | #1,403 | 50 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,614 | 39 | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #1,723 | 33 |
| 1983 | — | #1,955 | 27 | |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #2,341 | 21 |
| 1981 | — | #2,204 | 23 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,617 | 18 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,379 | 20 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,279 | 20 | |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #1,858 | 27 |
| 1976 | — | #2,245 | 20 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,065 | 22 | |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #2,216 | 18 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #2,323 | 16 |
| 1971 | — | #2,686 | 13 | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | — | #3,062 | 9 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
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| 1962 | — | #3,041 | 8 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Markell! It came in at #3,041, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1963–1966, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Markell is popular in 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#198 · 1 in 708
- Tennessee#425 · 1 in 2,594
- Alabama#464 · 1 in 2,684
- Mississippi#547 · 1 in 2,981
- South Carolina#588 · 1 in 3,617
Best ever in a state: #198 in District of Columbia, 2009.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #198 | 6 | 1 in 708 |
| Tennessee | #425 | 14 | 1 in 2,594 |
| Alabama | #464 | 9 | 1 in 2,684 |
| Mississippi | #547 | 5 | 1 in 2,981 |
| South Carolina | #588 | 6 | 1 in 3,617 |
| Louisiana | #689 | 6 | 1 in 4,173 |
| Virginia | #746 | 7 | 1 in 6,023 |
| Georgia | #799 | 10 | 1 in 5,902 |
| Missouri | #807 | 5 | 1 in 6,692 |
| Pennsylvania | #847 | 8 | 1 in 7,765 |
| Florida | #884 | 13 | 1 in 7,331 |
| Illinois | #932 | 9 | 1 in 8,061 |
| Michigan | #1,042 | 5 | 1 in 9,871 |
| New York | #1,432 | 7 | 1 in 15,387 |
| Texas | #1,447 | 10 | 1 in 18,646 |
| California | #1,848 | 8 | 1 in 30,268 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Markell
- 560 spots since 2024 (#2,476 → #3,036)
- 1,293 spots since 2020 (#1,743 → #3,036)
- 1,296 spots since 2015 (#1,740 → #3,036)
- Biggest jump: 337 spots in 1994 (#1,168 → #831)
- Biggest drop: 242 spots in 1996 (#837 → #1,079)
- Debuted 1962
- Peaked 1994 at #831 (164 births)
- Births halved by 2019, 25 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1997–1999
- Highest: 1 in 11,348 boys born in 2005 were named Markell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 42,702 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #831 in 1994, was only 1 in 11,781 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 31.5% of all boys named Markell (1,486) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29 | #3,041 (1962) | #3,334 |
| 1970s | 182 | #1,858 (1977) | #2,349 |
| 1980s | 364 | #1,392 (1989) | #1,839 |
| 1990s | 1,230 | #831 (1994) | #1,039 |
| 2000s | 1,486 | #986 (2005) | #1,102 |
| 2010s | 1,043 | #1,200 (2010) | #1,589 |
| 2020s | 383 | #1,743 (2020) | #2,303 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Markell in 2009
Top girls' names in 2009
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
girls
1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 367,423 of them was named Markell, which outranked 14.4% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 11,737 of them was named Markell, which outranked 92.5% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).