Markia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Markia

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,616 babies named Markia between 1975 and 2019, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Markia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 83 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Markia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 673 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Markia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 90 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Maryland. In total, SSA state-level files list Markia in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Markia 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 1,616 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.