Markisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Markisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,136 babies named Markisha between 1972 and 2007, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Markisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 67 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Markisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 446 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Markisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 106 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Markisha in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Markisha 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 1,136 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.