Markelle
- Last seen for girls in 2013 at #14,582
- #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Given to boys 65.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1995 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 232since 1985
Markelle over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,300 | 9 | |
| 2021 | — | #10,799 | 6 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,067 | 9 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,819 | 8 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,685 | 12 | |
| 2016 | — | #9,664 | 7 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | — | |
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,019 | 8 | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #7,590 | 10 |
| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,634 | 11 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,143 | 8 | |
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| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,445 | 10 | |
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| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #4,280 | 14 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | — | |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | — | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | — | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | — | |
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| 1985 | — | #5,785 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1985
The first year at least five boys were named Markelle! It came in at #5,785, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1986–1992, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Markelle is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Markelle in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Markelle
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 341 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #12,008)
- 3,941 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #12,008)
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1985
- Peaked 1995 at #4,280 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 135,979
- Highest: 1 in 135,979 boys born in 1995 were named Markelle (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 29.3% of all boys named Markelle (68) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2012
- Mostly girls until 2011, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6 | #5,785 (1985) | #5,785 |
| 1990s | 63 | #4,280 (1995) | #6,278 |
| 2000s | 68 | #6,445 (2001) | #8,370 |
| 2010s | 56 | #6,685 (2017) | #9,197 |
| 2020s | 39 | #8,067 (2020) | #10,627 |
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.
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