Girls' name · since 1970
Markeita
Markeita has 233 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,284 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 233
- born since 1970
- 1980s
- peak decade
Markeita is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 233 have been recorded since 1970.
Markeita has 233 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2000.
- #18,284 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 233 born since 1970
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Markeita ranks #18,284 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 233 born since 1970, peaking in the 1980s.
- #18,284 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 233
- born since 1970
- 1980s
- peak decade
Markeita's 233 recorded births place it above 74.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Markeita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Markeita's SSA record in two at 1986 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1971, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1993 peak of 24, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Markeita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2000
- Peak year (1993)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Markeita by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (113 births, 48% of the file).
1980s was Markeita's strongest decade.
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Markeita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 44
1970s
44 births
- 1980s
1980s
113 births
- 1990s
1990s
69 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 113 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Markeita's decade-level peak was the 1980s (113 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2000s -- 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 Markeita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1970–2000 (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 Markeita 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.