Markelle**
#8,800 most common boys' name of all time · #22,258 across all names · 65% male / 35% female · used 1974–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#8,800
Rank overall
#22,258 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
36 of 146
All-time
357
Since 2016
75
Peak year
1995 #4,414
Best rank
#4,414 1995
Girls
Boys
peak 24/yr
Markelle first appears in 1974. 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 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,394 |
| 2024 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,731 |
| 2023 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,659 |
| 2022 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,501 |
| 2021 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,112 |
| 2020 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,256 |
| 2019 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,412 |
| 2018 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,025 |
| 2017 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,825 |
| 2016 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,952 |
| 2014 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,538 |
| 2013 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #8,328 |
| 2012 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,151 |
| 2010 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2009 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,942 |
| 2008 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,281 |
| 2007 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #7,786 |
| 2006 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,901 |
| 2005 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,795 |
| 2004 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,380 |
| 2002 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,292 |
| 2001 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,640 |
| 1999 | 9 | 8 | 17 | #7,413 |
| 1998 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #6,527 |
| 1997 | 12 | 9 | 21 | #6,322 |
| 1996 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #8,337 |
| 1995 | 10 | 14 | 24 | #4,414 |
| 1994 | 14 | 8 | 22 | #6,658 |
| 1993 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #6,002 |
| 1992 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1991 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1990 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1989 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1987 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1985 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,218 |
| 1974 | 5 | — | 5 | — |