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Markisha

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Markisha is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
197967 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1972
1,136people given the name
Babies named Markisha, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,136 girls have been named Markisha in the United States since 1972, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1979, with 67 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 67 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1987, and the 1980s alone account for 39%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Markisha
1970s221
1980s446
1990s393
2000s76

In 1979, its biggest year

Markisha was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1979 were Jennifer, Melissa, Amanda, Jessica and Amy. See all of 1979.

Names that rose and fell with Markisha

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.