Markeisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Markeisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,296 babies named Markeisha between 1973 and 2014, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Markeisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 100 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Markeisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 675 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Markeisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 73 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Markeisha in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Markeisha 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 1,296 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.