Markisha
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
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
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.
- Tyishapeak 1979
- Tynishapeak 1977
- Tieshapeak 1991
- Lanishapeak 1983
- Nieshapeak 1991
- Kameshapeak 1990
- Myishapeak 1980
- Tericapeak 1984
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.