Marka — girls' name
249 babies named Marka in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
25% of everyone ever named Marka was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Marka in 1956 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marka
The Social Security Administration has registered 249 babies named Marka between 1942 and 1990, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marka performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Marka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marka in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marka in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 249 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Marka at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marka popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1942
- Peak year (1956)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
249 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1956 with 14 births in a single year.
Marka popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1960 (Marka as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Marka accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Marka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 62 births that decade — 25% of Marka's all-time total
Marka decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 62 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Marka's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Marka by state
Where Marka concentrates geographically — total births since 1942
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.0% |
5 of 249 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1942–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.