Markayla — #7013 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Markayla

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,231 babies named Markayla between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Markayla currently holds the #7013 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 134 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Markayla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,174 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Markayla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 191 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Markayla in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Markayla 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 2,231 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.