girls:
125 births since 1974
#5591 (2nd percentile)
boys:
222 births since 1985
#4364 (5th percentile)
overall:
347 births since 1974
#7392 (4th percentile)
The name Markelle is the #7,392 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 347 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 4.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,364 (4.8% percentile) for all time with 222 births since 1985. For girls, it ranks #5,591 (2.2% percentile) for all time with 125 births since 1974.
Markelle first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (1974 for girls and 1985 for boys). Birth data for Markelle is available in 34 out of the 50 years between 1974 and 2023 (27 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 Markelle has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (64.0% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Markelle were boys. Interestingly, until around 2001, the name was more popular for girls (61.0% girls from 1974 to 2000), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (90.0% boys from 2001 to 2023).
For boys, Markelle reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #791) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Markelle ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 39.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Markelle reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #836) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2013.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Markelle".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Markelle. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 57.9% confident that Markelle is pronounced as mahr-KEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAHR-kehl, at 42.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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