Markis — boys' name

What the Data Says About Markis

The Social Security Administration has registered 904 babies named Markis between 1970 and 2022, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Markis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Markis performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 294 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Markis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Markis in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Markis 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 904 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.