Markelle — #12777 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Markelle

The Social Security Administration has registered 227 babies named Markelle between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Markelle currently holds the #12777 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 14 babies received it in a single year. Markelle is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 125 additional births since 1974.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Markelle performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Markelle shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Markelle 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 227 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.