girls:
408 births since 1979
#5308 (7th percentile)
overall:
408 births since 1979
#7331 (5th percentile)
The name Markeshia is the #7,331 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 408 recorded births since 1979. This represents the 5.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,308 (7.1% percentile) for all time with 408 births since 1979.
Markeshia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1979 (first recorded for girls in 1979). Birth data for Markeshia is available in 24 out of the 28 years between 1979 and 2006. 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, Markeshia reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 4.6% percentile (ranked #787) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 1992, with 20 births per million (ranked 4.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2006.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Markeshia".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Markeshia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 30.2% confident that Markeshia is pronounced as mahr-KEH-shuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mahr-KEE-shuh, at 20.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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