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.

Markita

#3,867 most common girls' name of all time · #6,610 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1954–2016

Rank among girls
#3,867
Rank overall
#6,610 of 105,966
First appeared
1954
Years on the list
61 of 146
All-time
2,495
Since 2016
6
Peak year
1985 #967
Best rank
#952 1984
Girls Boys peak 160/yr
196019802000

Markita first appears in 1954. 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
2016 6 — 6 #14,612
2015 6 — 6 #14,762
2013 8 — 8 #12,170
2012 8 — 8 #12,409
2011 11 — 11 #9,848
2010 7 — 7 #13,684
2009 13 — 13 #8,975
2008 13 — 13 #9,055
2007 17 — 17 #7,478
2006 14 — 14 #8,338
2005 19 — 19 #6,317
2004 13 — 13 #8,363
2003 14 — 14 #7,671
2002 24 — 24 #4,954
2001 25 — 25 #4,731
2000 21 — 21 #5,362
1999 32 — 32 #3,748
1998 27 — 27 #4,175
1997 42 — 42 #2,902
1996 34 — 34 #3,385
1995 56 — 56 #2,356
1994 76 — 76 #1,875
1993 86 — 86 #1,733
1992 141 — 141 #1,236
1991 119 — 119 #1,368
1990 122 — 122 #1,329
1989 124 — 124 #1,273
1988 106 — 106 #1,350
1987 135 — 135 #1,111
1986 142 — 142 #1,062
1985 160 — 160 #967
1984 153 — 153 #952
1983 98 — 98 #1,271
1982 37 — 37 #2,558
1981 57 — 57 #1,904
1980 31 — 31 #2,911
1979 36 — 36 #2,562
1978 38 — 38 #2,372
1977 34 — 34 #2,537
1976 46 — 46 #1,960
1975 29 — 29 #2,656
1974 30 — 30 #2,532
1973 46 — 46 #1,852
1972 27 — 27 #2,647
1971 25 — 25 #2,855
1970 22 — 22 #3,090
1969 17 — 17 #3,422
1968 13 — 13 #3,945
1967 15 — 15 #3,447
1966 11 — 11 #4,146
1965 11 — 11 #4,149
1964 14 — 14 #3,664
1963 12 — 12 #3,986
1962 10 — 10 #4,493
1961 9 — 9 #4,825
1960 15 — 15 #3,342
1959 12 — 12 #3,811
1958 7 — 7 #5,326
1957 6 — 6 #5,978
1956 8 — 8 #4,803
1954 5 — 5 #6,557