Markella — #12397 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Markella

The Social Security Administration has registered 303 babies named Markella between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Markella currently holds the #12397 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Markella performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 73 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Markella shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Markella in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Markella 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 303 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.