Markell

Last seen for girls in 2009 at #17,294 · #3,036 for boys in 2025, 40 births
Given to boys 95.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1994 · 164 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,717
since 1962

Markell over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Markell has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #831, 1994boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,03640
2024#2,47655
2023#2,11369
2022#2,46856
2021#1,98275
2020#1,74388
2019#2,11068
2018#1,82383
2017#1,66195
2016#1,539108
2015#1,74088
2014#1,506107
2013#1,537104
2012#1,478109
2011#1,296132
2010#1,200149
2009#17,2945#1,095169
2008#1,146158
2007#17,6365#1,162152
2006#1,097160
2005#10,9219#986176
2004#16,0995#1,132139
2003#1,181126
2002#1,139125
2001#9,35110#1,017146
2000#9,16310#1,061135
1999#12,6886#956151
1998#8,58410#906159
1997#12,0706#962137
1996#6,72313#1,079112
1995#5,43917#837165
1994#7,60411#831164
1993#9,5598#1,16891
1992#8,06510#1,22884
1991#13,1475#1,16290
1990#6,13114#1,25977
1989#10,8476#1,39262
1988#7,6919#1,52548
1987#7,9878#1,61243
1986#1,40350
1985#1,61439
1984#10,4225#1,72333
1983#1,95527
1982#6,8889#2,34121
1981#2,20423
1980#2,61718
1979#2,37920
1978#2,27920
1977#6,3409#1,85827
1976#2,24520
1975#2,06522
1974#6,9007#2,54915
1973#6,0808#2,21618
1972#7,2926#2,32316
1971#2,68613
1970#5,8188#2,89111
1969#3,0629
1968#3,6736
1967#3,5596
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First appearance
1962

The first year at least five boys were named Markell! It came in at #3,041, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1963–1966, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 560 spots since 2024 (#2,476#3,036)
  • 1,293 spots since 2020 (#1,743#3,036)
  • 1,296 spots since 2015 (#1,740#3,036)
  • Biggest jump: 337 spots in 1994 (#1,168#831)
  • Biggest drop: 242 spots in 1996 (#837#1,079)
Rise & fade · boys
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1962
  • Peaked 1994 at #831 (164 births)
  • Births halved by 2019, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1997–1999
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,348
  • Highest: 1 in 11,348 boys born in 2005 were named Markell (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 42,702 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #831 in 1994, was only 1 in 11,781 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 31.5% of all boys named Markell (1,486) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s29#3,041 (1962)#3,334
1970s182#1,858 (1977)#2,349
1980s364#1,392 (1989)#1,839
1990s1,230#831 (1994)#1,039
2000s1,486#986 (2005)#1,102
2010s1,043#1,200 (2010)#1,589
2020s383#1,743 (2020)#2,303

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Markell in 1989

girls
#10,847
6 births · 1 in 307,259 girls
boys
#1,392
62 births · 1 in 32,273 boys

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #10,847Markell6

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #1,392Markell62
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 307,259 of them was named Markell, which outranked 25.5% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Markell
  1. #9,681Zuleima7
  2. #9,681Zuleyma7
  3. #9,681Zury7
  4. #10,847Markell6
  5. #10,847Aarion6
  6. #10,847Aarthi6
  7. #10,847Abaigeal6
  8. #12,362Aamira5
  9. #12,362Aasia5
  10. #12,362Abie5

Tied with 1,514 names at #10,847; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 9,523Audriana#10,386#863
  2. 7,504Martika#8,391#887
  3. 6,932Audrianna#7,691#759
  4. 3,972Elizabet#4,496#524
  5. 1,772Katherin#2,489#717
Fallers
  1. 539Diandra#905#1,444
  2. 524Taja#720#1,244
  3. 455Jonathan#999#1,454
  4. 445Katarina#960#1,405
  5. 397Caryn#816#1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 32,273 of them was named Markell, which outranked 84.9% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Markell
  1. #1,382Paolo63
  2. #1,382Rian63
  3. #1,382Timmothy63
  4. #1,392Markell62
  5. #1,392Amber62
  6. #1,392Camilo62
  7. #1,392Frederic62
  8. #1,398Christpher61
  9. #1,398Delonte61
  10. #1,398Doyle61

Tied with 5 names at #1,392; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 6,314Kiara#7,270#956
  2. 5,870Alexande#6,426#556
  3. 1,111Kwame#1,768#657
  4. 766Kadeem#1,467#701
  5. 684Hakeem#1,270#586
Fallers
  1. 839Long#819#1,658
  2. 337Darell#981#1,318
  3. 294Whitney#890#1,184
  4. 269Trevin#840#1,109
  5. 252Curt#850#1,102

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1989