Markell
#3,064 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Markell has been given to 4,936 babies in the U.S. since 1962. In 2025 it ranked #3,064 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2005, with 176 recorded.
Babies named Markell, 2025
1 in 82,900
Markell over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Markell?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 82,900
- 40 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 42,700
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #3,064
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 57,449 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Markell sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 57,449 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Markell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Markells were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Markell was born before 2004 — so the typical Markell is around 21 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2000s
- 31.5% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 58.9%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 4,717
- People you could plausibly meet
2000s — 31.5% of all recorded uses (1,486).
Is Markell 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
- −570
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −1,307
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −1,316
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.45×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 22.7%
- Peak was 2005 (176)
- Years since peak
- 20
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 14.8% average annual change
Spellings of Markell
Markell is not the most common spelling — Darrell is, with 38.8% against Markell's 1.1%.
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.
Where Markell is used
Across 2016–2025, Markell was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 12,500 boys, against 1 in 33,646 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Mississippi1 in 12,500
- 2Alabama1 in 14,286
- 3Georgia1 in 14,286
- 4Florida1 in 16,667
- 5Louisiana1 in 20,000
- 6South Carolina1 in 20,000
- 7Ohio1 in 25,000
- 8Michigan1 in 33,333
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Markell around the world
Where Markell 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.
- England & Wales1997–2010#4,678in 2010
- Canada2005–2009#2,692in 2009
- South Australia2000–2000#556in 2000
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Markell by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Markell
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Names with a curve like Markell
Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Markell, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.
Sibling names for Markell
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.