Unisex name · since 1985
Markelle
232 babies named Markelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,095 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,503 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 232
- born since 1985
- 2000s
- peak decade
232 babies have been named Markelle since 1985, making it today's #12503 unisex name.
Markelle has 232 recorded births among boys since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12503 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2025.
- #12,095 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,503 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 232 born since 1985
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Markelle ranks #12,095 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,503 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 232 born since 1985, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,095 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,503 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 232
- born since 1985
- 2000s
- peak decade
Markelle's 232 recorded births place it above 73.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Markelle compares
232 40th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Markelle's all-time total is 37% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Markelle | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 232 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Markelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Markelle's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2009, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1995 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Markelle popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2025
- Peak year (1995)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Markelle popularity over time - girls
125 total births recorded since 1974 (Markelle as girls' name)
Markelle by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (68 births, 29% of the file).
2000s was Markelle's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Markelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
63 births
- 2000s
2000s
68 births
- 2010s
2010s
56 births
- 2020s
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 68 births (29% of all-time use).
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What to do with Markelle's data
- Markelle's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (68 total births) through the 2020s (39) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Markelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~40 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1985–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Markelle draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.