Markel Boy
How popular is Markel?
#3,088 boy name in 2025
39 baby boys were named Markel in the US in 2025, making it the 3088th most popular boy name.
Markel popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,088 for boys (▼ 414 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 39 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-65% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,502 in 2015, #1,833 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1999 (172 boys) |
| Highest rank | #829 in 1995 |
| First recorded | 1948 |
| 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 |
Markel 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 Markel is most popular
Babies named Markel per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 0.1 per 1,000 (8 boys)
- South Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 boys)
- Louisiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (8 boys)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 boys)
Markel by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 10 | #3,666 |
| 1950s | 63 | #2,448 |
| 1960s | 89 | #2,147 |
| 1970s | 132 | #2,375 |
| 1980s | 326 | #1,511 |
| 1990s | 1,259 | #829 |
| 2000s | 1,447 | #943 |
| 2010s | 1,015 | #1,349 |
| 2020s | 367 | #1,833 |
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Questions
- Is Markel a boy or girl name?
- Markel is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Markel were boys.
- How popular is the name Markel?
- 39 baby boys were named Markel in the US in 2025, making it the 3088th most popular boy name.
- When was Markel most popular?
- Markel peaked in 1999, when 172 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #829 in 1995.
- How many people are named Markel?
- 4,829 babies have been named Markel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,693 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 23.
- Where is Markel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Markel 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.