Markela

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Markela has been given to 136 babies in the U.S. since 1977. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1998, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Markela, 2007

1 in 800,000

Markela over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Markela: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Markela means

Markela is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Markela is used in Albanian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 136 girls were recorded with the name Markela between 1977 and 2007. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1998; its best national rank was #7,290 in 1977.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Markela?

Markela had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2007, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2007: 1 in 800,000; 5 of 3,997,748 births
Among girls only: 1 in 384,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2007: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 554,207 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Markela sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2007 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 554,207 children born in 2007 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Markela. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Markelas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Markela was born before 1992 — so the typical Markela is around 33 today.

Median birth year: 1992; About 33 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 39.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 90.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 136; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 39.0% of all recorded uses (53).

Is Markela rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1998 (9)
Years since peak: 27; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 26.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,290; 1977

Spellings of Markela

Markela is not the most common spelling — Marcella is, with 24.6% against Markela's 0.05%.

Marcella24.6%65,614
Marla14.5%38,781
Carmela9.2%24,506
Maricela4.9%13,077
Mariela4.4%11,660
Marlena4.2%11,321
Manuela4.1%11,033
Marisela3.9%10,309

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Markela around the world

Where Markela ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
1966–1966
#658
in 1966

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Markela by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #7,290; 1977
Peak year: 1998; 9 that year
First recorded: 1977
Last recorded: 2007
All-time count: 136
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Markela

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Maryela Marsela Marciela Marizela Marianela Mariangela Maribela Maritta Marlaya Marsali Maripaz Marialy Maryori Mariany Maryuri Marieme Marcela Mariell Mariani Marlani Marvela Mariela Marieli Marren

Sibling names for Markela

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Cydney Kalie Reilly Reanna Serina Isela Shae Taya

For a brother

Demarco Ronaldo Tariq Jaren Samual Jovan Reyes Cordell

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