Markeya — girls' name
383 babies named Markeya in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
383 girls have been named Markeya since 1974, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2014.
- 383
- total births
- 1974–2014
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
40% of everyone ever named Markeya was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Markeya in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Markeya
The Social Security Administration has registered 383 babies named Markeya between 1974 and 2014, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Markeya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Markeya performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 154 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Markeya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Markeya 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 383 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.
Markeya at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Markeya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1974
- Peak year (1994)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
383 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 23 births in a single year.
Markeya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 154 births that decade — 40% of Markeya's all-time total
Markeya decade highlights
- Peak decade 154 births
- Runner-up 89 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Markeya's strongest decade
154 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1974–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.