Markel — #2681 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Markel

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,670 babies named Markel between 1948 and 2024, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Markel currently holds the #2681 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 172 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Markel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,447 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Markel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 322 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Markel in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Markel 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 4,670 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.