Markham — boys' name

What the Data Says About Markham

The Social Security Administration has registered 469 babies named Markham between 1944 and 2022, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Markham currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Markham performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 167 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Markham shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Markham in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Markham 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 469 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.