boys:
1.1k births since 1974
#3453 (25th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1974
#6590 (15th percentile)
The name Markese is the #6,590 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,150 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 14.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,453 (24.7% percentile) for all time with 1,150 births since 1974.
Markese first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (first recorded for boys in 1974).
For boys, Markese reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 5.9% percentile (ranked #753) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 26 births per million (ranked 5.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Markese ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 23.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Markese".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Markese. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 53.3% confident that Markese is pronounced as mahr-KEES, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAHR-keez, at 22.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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