Boys' name · since 1988
Markeise
165 babies named Markeise in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,136 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 165
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Markeise is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 165 have been recorded since 1988.
Markeise has 165 recorded births among boys since 1988, 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 1988 to 2021.
- #14,136 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 165 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Markeise ranks #14,136 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 165 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #14,136 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 165
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Markeise's 165 recorded births place it above 68.88% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Markeise's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Markeise's full recorded timeline at 2001, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1992, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Markeise popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2021
- Peak year (1996)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Markeise by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (74 births, 45% of the file).
1990s was Markeise's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Markeise births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
74 births
- 2000s
2000s
51 births
- 2010s 28
2010s
28 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 74 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Markeise's decade-level peak was the 1990s (74 total births); usage has since declined to 6 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Markeise: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
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, 1988–2021 (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 Markeise 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.