Boys' name · since 1983
Markees
147 babies named Markees in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,884 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 147
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
Markees is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 147 have been recorded since 1983.
Markees has 147 recorded births among boys since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2011.
- #14,884 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 147 born since 1983
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Markees ranks #14,884 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 147 born since 1983, peaking in the 1990s.
- #14,884 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 147
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
Markees's 147 recorded births place it above 67.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Markees's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Markees's full recorded timeline at 1996, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Markees popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2011
- Peak year (1991)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Markees by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (92 births, 63% of the file).
1990s was Markees's strongest decade.
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Markees births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 24
1980s
24 births
- 1990s
1990s
92 births
- 2000s 24
2000s
24 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 92 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Markees's decade-level peak was the 1990s (92 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Markees: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1983–2011 (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 Markees 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.