Markeita — girls' name
233 babies named Markeita in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
233 girls have been named Markeita since 1970, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2000.
- 233
- total births
- 1970–2000
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
48% of everyone ever named Markeita was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Markeita in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Markeita
The Social Security Administration has registered 233 babies named Markeita between 1970 and 2000, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Markeita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Markeita performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 113 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Markeita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Markeita 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 233 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.
Markeita at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Markeita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1970
- Peak year (1993)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
233 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 24 births in a single year.
Markeita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 113 births that decade — 48% of Markeita's all-time total
Markeita decade highlights
- Peak decade 113 births
- Runner-up 69 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Markeita's strongest decade
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.