Markita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Markita

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,495 babies named Markita between 1954 and 2016, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Markita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 160 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Markita performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,043 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Markita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 176 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Markita in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Markita 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 2,495 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.