Markita
Last seen for girls in 2016 at #14,331
- Peak · girls
- 1984 · 153 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,495since 1954
Markita over time
Rank among girls' names. Markita has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 |
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| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 |
| 2008 | #8,965 | 13 |
| 2007 | #7,394 | 17 |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 |
| 2002 | #4,906 | 24 |
| 2001 | #4,688 | 25 |
| 2000 | #5,312 | 21 |
| 1999 | #3,718 | 32 |
| 1998 | #4,142 | 27 |
| 1997 | #2,874 | 42 |
| 1996 | #3,361 | 34 |
| 1995 | #2,345 | 56 |
| 1994 | #1,862 | 76 |
| 1993 | #1,725 | 86 |
| 1992 | #1,231 | 141 |
| 1991 | #1,367 | 119 |
| 1990 | #1,325 | 122 |
| 1989 | #1,267 | 124 |
| 1988 | #1,345 | 106 |
| 1987 | #1,109 | 135 |
| 1986 | #1,057 | 142 |
| 1985 | #963 | 160 |
| 1984 | #950 | 153 |
| 1983 | #1,266 | 98 |
| 1982 | #2,532 | 37 |
| 1981 | #1,887 | 57 |
| 1980 | #2,866 | 31 |
| 1979 | #2,525 | 36 |
| 1978 | #2,350 | 38 |
| 1977 | #2,515 | 34 |
| 1976 | #1,936 | 46 |
| 1975 | #2,612 | 29 |
| 1974 | #2,497 | 30 |
| 1973 | #1,832 | 46 |
| 1972 | #2,598 | 27 |
| 1971 | #2,801 | 25 |
| 1970 | #3,030 | 22 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 |
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| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Markita! It came in at #5,753, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1954–1955, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Markita is popular in 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#422 · 1 in 2,631
- Alabama#471 · 1 in 3,589
- Maryland#535 · 1 in 4,252
- Virginia#571 · 1 in 4,963
- Ohio#576 · 1 in 5,642
Best ever in a state: #166 in District of Columbia, 1984.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Louisiana | #422 | 10 | 1 in 2,631 |
| Alabama | #471 | 6 | 1 in 3,589 |
| Maryland | #535 | 6 | 1 in 4,252 |
| Virginia | #571 | 7 | 1 in 4,963 |
| Ohio | #576 | 12 | 1 in 5,642 |
| Pennsylvania | #579 | 13 | 1 in 5,325 |
| Georgia | #842 | 5 | 1 in 7,839 |
| Florida | #979 | 7 | 1 in 9,917 |
| Illinois | #1,018 | 7 | 1 in 10,368 |
| Texas | #1,514 | 7 | 1 in 18,410 |
| California | #2,139 | 7 | 1 in 30,731 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Markita
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
- Biggest jump: 316 spots in 1984 (#1,266 → #950)
- Biggest drop: 94 spots in 1986 (#963 → #1,057)
- Debuted 1954
- Peaked 1984 at #950 (153 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1984–1985
- Highest: 1 in 10,755 girls born in 1985 were named Markita (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 295,337 girls born in 2016 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #950 in 1984, was only 1 in 11,005 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 41.8% of all girls named Markita (1,043) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 38 | #3,619 (1959) | #4,821 |
| 1960s | 127 | #3,212 (1960) | #3,770 |
| 1970s | 333 | #1,832 (1973) | #2,470 |
| 1980s | 1,043 | #950 (1984) | #1,524 |
| 1990s | 735 | #1,231 (1992) | #2,395 |
| 2000s | 173 | #4,688 (2001) | #7,047 |
| 2010s | 46 | #9,723 (2011) | #12,692 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Markita in 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 12,879 of them was named Markita, which outranked 91.6% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,106Chanda136
- #1,106Malia136
- #1,106Mikaela136
- #1,109Markita135
- #1,109Breana135
- #1,109Franchesca135
- #1,109Kandis135
- #1,115Adriane134
- #1,115Asha134
- #1,115Corinna134
Tied with 5 names at #1,109; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.