Markel
#1,775 most common boys' name of all time · #4,303 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1948–2025
Rank among boys
#1,775
Rank overall
#4,303 of 105,966
First appeared
1948
Years on the list
75 of 146
All-time
4,829
Since 2016
711
Peak year
1999 #880
Best rank
#832 1995
Girls
Boys
peak 183/yr
Markel first appears in 1948. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 39 | 39 | #3,095 |
| 2024 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,691 |
| 2023 | — | 63 | 63 | #2,255 |
| 2022 | — | 62 | 62 | #2,308 |
| 2021 | — | 73 | 73 | #2,031 |
| 2020 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,842 |
| 2019 | — | 86 | 86 | #1,797 |
| 2018 | — | 85 | 85 | #1,799 |
| 2017 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,834 |
| 2016 | — | 92 | 92 | #1,700 |
| 2015 | — | 110 | 110 | #1,506 |
| 2014 | — | 95 | 95 | #1,630 |
| 2013 | — | 110 | 110 | #1,487 |
| 2012 | — | 107 | 107 | #1,506 |
| 2011 | — | 123 | 123 | #1,369 |
| 2010 | — | 126 | 126 | #1,354 |
| 2009 | — | 144 | 144 | #1,246 |
| 2008 | — | 147 | 147 | #1,199 |
| 2007 | — | 139 | 139 | #1,266 |
| 2006 | — | 138 | 138 | #1,218 |
| 2005 | 8 | 169 | 177 | #1,007 |
| 2004 | — | 149 | 149 | #1,072 |
| 2003 | — | 136 | 136 | #1,124 |
| 2002 | 8 | 118 | 126 | #1,188 |
| 2001 | 6 | 164 | 170 | #948 |
| 2000 | — | 143 | 143 | #1,022 |
| 1999 | 11 | 172 | 183 | #880 |
| 1998 | 7 | 161 | 168 | #898 |
| 1997 | 7 | 156 | 163 | #890 |
| 1996 | 8 | 139 | 147 | #939 |
| 1995 | 8 | 167 | 175 | #832 |
| 1994 | 11 | 162 | 173 | #842 |
| 1993 | 6 | 83 | 89 | #1,251 |
| 1992 | 9 | 65 | 74 | #1,424 |
| 1991 | 5 | 79 | 84 | #1,259 |
| 1990 | 12 | 75 | 87 | #1,280 |
| 1989 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,531 |
| 1988 | 5 | 28 | 33 | #2,232 |
| 1987 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,747 |
| 1986 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,028 |
| 1985 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,562 |
| 1984 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,915 |
| 1983 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,312 |
| 1982 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,724 |
| 1981 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,801 |
| 1980 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,682 |
| 1979 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,277 |
| 1978 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,436 |
| 1977 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,524 |
| 1976 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #2,557 |
| 1975 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #3,350 |
| 1974 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,462 |
| 1973 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,135 |
| 1972 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,213 |
| 1971 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,527 |
| 1970 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,020 |
| 1969 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,504 |
| 1968 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,577 |
| 1966 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,607 |
| 1965 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,196 |
| 1964 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,239 |
| 1963 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,944 |
| 1962 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,655 |
| 1961 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,238 |
| 1960 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,847 |
| 1959 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1957 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,219 |
| 1956 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,621 |
| 1955 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,469 |
| 1954 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,579 |
| 1953 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,744 |
| 1951 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1950 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1949 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,163 |
| 1948 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,186 |