Girls' name · since 1979
Markeia
144 babies named Markeia in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,217 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 144
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
144 girls have been named Markeia since 1979, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Markeia has 144 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1979 to 2012.
- #23,217 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 144 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Markeia ranks #23,217 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 144 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #23,217 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 144
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Markeia's 144 recorded births place it above 67.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Markeia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Markeia's full recorded timeline at 1991, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Markeia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2012
- Peak year (1991)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Markeia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (62 births, 43% of the file).
1990s was Markeia's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Markeia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
55 births
- 1990s
1990s
62 births
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 62 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Markeia's decade-level peak was the 1990s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Markeia: 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 (~33 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, 1979–2012 (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 Markeia 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.