Markala — girls' name
120 babies named Markala in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
120 girls have been named Markala since 1995, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2009.
- 120
- total births
- 1995–2009
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
57% of everyone ever named Markala was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Markala in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Markala
The Social Security Administration has registered 120 babies named Markala between 1995 and 2009, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Markala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Markala performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 69 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Markala shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Markala 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 120 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.
Markala at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Markala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1995
- Peak year (1999)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
120 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 13 births in a single year.
Markala by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 69 births that decade — 57% of Markala's all-time total
Markala decade highlights
- Peak decade 69 births
- Runner-up 51 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Markala's strongest decade
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
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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, 1995–2009 (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.