Markell Boy
How popular is Markell?
#3,035 boy name in 2025
40 baby boys were named Markell in the US in 2025, making it the 3035th most popular boy name.
Markell popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,035 for boys (▼ 559 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 40 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-55% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,740 in 2015, #1,743 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2005 (176 boys) |
| Highest rank | #829 in 1994 |
| First recorded | 1962 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Markell counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Markell family of names ranked #1,591 for boys in 2025 (#1,386 the year before), with 84 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Markell | 40 | 48% |
| Markel | 39 | 46% |
| Markelle | 5 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Markell is most popular
Babies named Markell per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Alabama: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Louisiana: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (21 boys)
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 boys)
Markell by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29 | #3,040 |
| 1970s | 182 | #1,858 |
| 1980s | 364 | #1,387 |
| 1990s | 1,230 | #829 |
| 2000s | 1,486 | #985 |
| 2010s | 1,043 | #1,200 |
| 2020s | 383 | #1,743 |
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Questions
- Is Markell a boy or girl name?
- Markell is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Markell were boys.
- How popular is the name Markell?
- 40 baby boys were named Markell in the US in 2025, making it the 3035th most popular boy name.
- When was Markell most popular?
- Markell peaked in 2005, when 176 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #829 in 1994.
- How many people are named Markell?
- 4,936 babies have been named Markell in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,825 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 23.
- Where is Markell most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Markell was most common in Mississippi, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.