girls:
219 births since 1970
#5497 (4th percentile)
boys:
4.6k births since 1962
#1777 (61st percentile)
overall:
4.8k births since 1962
#3921 (49th percentile)
The name Markell is the #3,921 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,839 recorded births since 1962. This represents the 49.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 49.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,777 (61.2% percentile) for all time with 4,620 births since 1962. For girls, it ranks #5,497 (3.8% percentile) for all time with 219 births since 1970.
Markell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1962 (1962 for boys and 1970 for girls). Birth data for Markell is available in 58 out of the 62 years between 1962 and 2023 (58 years for boys and 26 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 Markell has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 95.5% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Markell reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 20.5% percentile (ranked #617) with 80 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 83 births per million (ranked 19.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2009, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Markell ranks #847 for boys (7.0% percentile) with 38 births per million, which is 45.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Markell reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #837) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2009.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Markell".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Markell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 48.8% confident that Markell is pronounced as MAHR-kehl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mahr-KEHL, at 27.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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