Markyla — girls' name
48 babies named Markyla in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
48 girls have been named Markyla since 2000, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2018.
- 48
- total births
- 2000–2018
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 90%
- born in that decade
90% of everyone ever named Markyla was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Markyla in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Markyla
The Social Security Administration has registered 48 babies named Markyla between 2000 and 2018, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Markyla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Markyla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Markyla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Markyla 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 48 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.
Markyla at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Markyla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2000
- Peak year (2002)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
48 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 7 births in a single year.
Markyla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 43 births that decade — 90% of Markyla's all-time total
Markyla decade highlights
- Peak decade 43 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Markyla's strongest decade
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 90% of all-time use.
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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, 2000–2018 (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.