girls:
121 births since 1975
#5595 (2nd percentile)
boys:
4.6k births since 1948
#1776 (61st percentile)
overall:
4.7k births since 1948
#3966 (49th percentile)
The name Markel is the #3,966 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,742 recorded births since 1948. This represents the 48.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 48.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,776 (61.3% percentile) for all time with 4,621 births since 1948. For girls, it ranks #5,595 (2.1% percentile) for all time with 121 births since 1975.
Markel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1948 (1948 for boys and 1975 for girls). Birth data for Markel is available in 73 out of the 76 years between 1948 and 2023 (73 years for boys and 16 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Markel has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.4% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Markel reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 20.6% percentile (ranked #639) with 84 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 84 births per million (ranked 20.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2008, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Markel ranks #853 for boys (6.4% percentile) with 34 births per million, which is 40.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Markel reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #855) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1990, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2005.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Markel".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Markel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 58.0% confident that Markel is pronounced as MAHR-kuhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAHR-kehl, at 30.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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