Unisex name · since 2004
Markai
104 babies named Markai in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,165 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,679 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 104
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
104 babies have been named Markai since 2004, making it today's #6679 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Markai recorded 104 times among boys since 2004, holding rank #6679 nationally today, ahead of 52% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #17,165 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,679 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 104 born since 2004
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Markai ranks #17,165 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,679 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 104 born since 2004, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,165 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,679 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 104
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Markai's 104 recorded births place it above 62.21% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Markai compares
104 27th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Markai's all-time total is 72% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Markai | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 104 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Markai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Markai's full recorded timeline at 2018, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Markai popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Markai popularity over time - girls
10 total births recorded since 2011 (Markai as girls' name)
Markai by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (53 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Markai's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Markai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
41 births
- 2020s
2020s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 53 births (51% of all-time use).
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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, 2004–2025 (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 Markai 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.