Markela — girls' name

What the Data Says About Markela

The Social Security Administration has registered 136 babies named Markela between 1977 and 2007, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Markela currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Markela performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Markela shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Markela 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 136 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.