Markas — boys' name
151 babies named Markas in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
151 boys have been named Markas since 1980, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2018.
- 151
- total births
- 1980–2018
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 33%
- born in that decade
33% of everyone ever named Markas was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Markas in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Markas
The Social Security Administration has registered 151 babies named Markas between 1980 and 2018, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Markas currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Markas performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Markas shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Markas 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 151 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.
Markas at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Markas popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1980
- Peak year (1991)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
151 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 9 births in a single year.
Markas by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 50 births that decade — 33% of Markas's all-time total
Markas decade highlights
- Peak decade 50 births
- Runner-up 39 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Markas's strongest decade
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% 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, 1980–2018 (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.