Markeshia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Markeshia

The Social Security Administration has registered 408 babies named Markeshia between 1979 and 2006, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Markeshia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Markeshia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 201 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Markeshia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Markeshia in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Markeshia 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 408 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.