Boys' name · since 1976
Markeis
302 babies named Markeis in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,537 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 302
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
302 boys have been named Markeis since 1976, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Markeis has 302 recorded births among boys since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2022.
- #10,537 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 302 born since 1976
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Markeis ranks #10,537 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 302 born since 1976, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,537 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 302
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Markeis's 302 recorded births place it above 76.81% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Markeis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Markeis splits its recorded history at 1999: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Markeis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2022
- Peak year (2005)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Markeis by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (105 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Markeis's strongest decade.
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Markeis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
49 births
- 1990s
1990s
94 births
- 2000s
2000s
105 births
- 2010s 37
2010s
37 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 105 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Markeis's decade-level peak was the 2000s (105 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- 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 Markeis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1976–2022 (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 Markeis 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.