Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Markese

#4,375 most common boys' name of all time · #10,744 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1974–2024

Rank among boys
#4,375
Rank overall
#10,744 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
1,165
Since 2016
130
Peak year
1995 #1,731
Best rank
#1,731 1995
Girls Boys peak 52/yr
198020002020

Markese 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2024 — 15 15 #5,988
2023 — 11 11 #7,409
2022 — 12 12 #6,964
2021 — 16 16 #5,650
2020 — 12 12 #6,759
2019 — 16 16 #5,657
2018 — 12 12 #6,837
2017 — 19 19 #4,990
2016 — 17 17 #5,410
2015 — 10 10 #7,670
2014 — 20 20 #4,770
2013 — 23 23 #4,240
2012 — 21 21 #4,595
2011 — 36 36 #3,138
2010 — 24 24 #4,162
2009 — 30 30 #3,589
2008 — 35 35 #3,247
2007 — 28 28 #3,744
2006 — 32 32 #3,351
2005 — 24 24 #3,875
2004 — 24 24 #3,798
2003 — 25 25 #3,586
2002 — 33 33 #2,852
2001 — 27 27 #3,286
2000 — 34 34 #2,707
1999 — 39 39 #2,331
1998 — 39 39 #2,301
1997 — 27 27 #2,884
1996 — 33 33 #2,424
1995 — 52 52 #1,731
1994 — 38 38 #2,171
1993 — 36 36 #2,196
1992 — 45 45 #1,840
1991 — 41 41 #1,912
1990 — 45 45 #1,774
1989 — 34 34 #2,100
1988 — 24 24 #2,502
1987 — 16 16 #3,175
1986 — 22 22 #2,501
1985 — 16 16 #3,059
1984 — 17 17 #2,812
1983 — 9 9 #4,427
1982 — 9 9 #4,511
1981 — 11 11 #3,818
1980 — 8 8 #4,835
1979 — 12 12 #3,545
1978 — 9 9 #4,112
1977 — 7 7 #5,026
1976 — 7 7 #4,864
1975 — 6 6 #5,356
1974 — 7 7 #4,619