Marki — unisex name
364 babies named Marki in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
364 girls have been named Marki since 1970, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2015.
- 364
- total births
- 1970–2015
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
54% of everyone ever named Marki was born in this single decade.
38 babies were named Marki in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marki
The Social Security Administration has registered 364 babies named Marki between 1970 and 2015, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marki currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 38 babies received it in a single year. Marki is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 34 additional births since 1974.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marki performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 195 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Marki shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marki in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marki 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 364 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.
Marki at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marki popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1970
- Peak year (1990)
- 38
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
364 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 38 births in a single year.
Marki popularity over time — boys
34 total births recorded since 1974 (Marki as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Marki accounts for 9% of total recorded use across both genders.
Marki by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 195 births that decade — 54% of Marki's all-time total
Marki decade highlights
- Peak decade 195 births
- Runner-up 87 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Marki's strongest decade
195 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Marki by state
Where Marki concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 364 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1970–2015 (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.