Markeesha — girls' name
80 babies named Markeesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
80 girls have been named Markeesha since 1976, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1999.
- 80
- total births
- 1976–1999
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 60%
- born in that decade
60% of everyone ever named Markeesha was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Markeesha in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Markeesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 80 babies named Markeesha between 1976 and 1999, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Markeesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Markeesha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 48 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Markeesha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Markeesha 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 80 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.
Markeesha at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Markeesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1976
- Peak year (1993)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
80 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 13 births in a single year.
Markeesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 48 births that decade — 60% of Markeesha's all-time total
Markeesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 48 births
- Runner-up 27 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Markeesha's strongest decade
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% 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, 1976–1999 (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.