girls:
1k births since 1972
#4716 (17th percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1972
#6739 (13th percentile)
The name Markesha is the #6,739 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,000 recorded births since 1972. This represents the 12.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,716 (17.5% percentile) for all time with 1,000 births since 1972.
Markesha first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1972 (first recorded for girls in 1972). Birth data for Markesha is available in 36 out of the 36 years between 1972 and 2007. 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.
For girls, Markesha reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 5.8% percentile (ranked #777) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 27 births per million (ranked 5.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2007.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Markesha".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Markesha. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 40.0% confident that Markesha is pronounced as mahr-KEH-shuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAHR-kee-shuh, at 30.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like M AA0 R K EH1 SH AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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