Boys' name · since 1995
Markael
Markael has 43 recorded births since 1995 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1995 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,231 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 43
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
43 boys have been named Markael since 1995, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Markael has been recorded 43 times among boys since 1995, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2017.
- #23,231 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 43 born since 1995
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Markael ranks #23,231 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 43 born since 1995, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,231 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 43
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
Markael's 43 recorded births place it above 48.79% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Markael's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Markael's full recorded timeline at 2010, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1995 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Markael popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2017
- Peak year (1995)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Markael by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (24 births, 56% of the file).
2010s was Markael's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Markael births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
14 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 24 births (56% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Markael: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~22 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1995–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Markael draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.