Markita

Peak · girls
1984 · 153 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,495
since 1954

Markita over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Markita has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank19501960197019801990200020102020peak #950, 1984girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2016#14,3316
2015#14,4826
2014—
2013#11,9698
2012#12,1998
2011#9,72311
2010#13,4487
2009#8,88813
2008#8,96513
2007#7,39417
2006#8,23714
2005#6,24519
2004#8,25913
2003#7,58014
2002#4,90624
2001#4,68825
2000#5,31221
1999#3,71832
1998#4,14227
1997#2,87442
1996#3,36134
1995#2,34556
1994#1,86276
1993#1,72586
1992#1,231141
1991#1,367119
1990#1,325122
1989#1,267124
1988#1,345106
1987#1,109135
1986#1,057142
1985#963160
1984#950153
1983#1,26698
1982#2,53237
1981#1,88757
1980#2,86631
1979#2,52536
1978#2,35038
1977#2,51534
1976#1,93646
1975#2,61229
1974#2,49730
1973#1,83246
1972#2,59827
1971#2,80125
1970#3,03022
1969#3,31817
1968#3,78913
1967#3,34015
1966#3,95911
1965#3,95211
1964#3,51514
1963#3,80112
1962#4,26310
1961#4,5469
1960#3,21215
1959#3,61912
1958#4,8907
1957#5,3776
1956#4,4678
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First appearance
1954

The first year at least five girls were named Markita! It came in at #5,753, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1954–1955, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Markita is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Markita in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
  • Biggest jump: 316 spots in 1984
  • Biggest drop: 94 spots in 1986
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1954
  • Peaked 1984 at #950 (153 births)
  • Births halved by 1994, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1984–1985
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,755
  • Highest: 1 in 10,755 girls born in 1985 were named Markita (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 295,337 girls born in 2016 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #950 in 1984, was only 1 in 11,005 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 41.8% of all girls named Markita (1,043) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s38#3,619 (1959)#4,821
1960s127#3,212 (1960)#3,770
1970s333#1,832 (1973)#2,470
1980s1,043#950 (1984)#1,524
1990s735#1,231 (1992)#2,395
2000s173#4,688 (2001)#7,047
2010s46#9,723 (2011)#12,692

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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