Markese Boy

How popular is Markese?

Peaked in 1995

No babies were recorded with the name Markese in 2025. It was most used in 1995, when 52 boys got the name.

Compare with other names
1,135living people named Markese (est.)
27median age of people named Markese
1,165babies named Markese since 1880

Markese popularity over time

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Rank in 2025Not ranked
Babies in 20250 boys
10-year trendFalling fast (-100% babies vs 2015)
Peak year1995 (52 boys)
Highest rank#1,701 in 1995
First recorded1974
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)100% boys, 0% girls

Markese counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Marcus family of names ranked #185 for boys in 2025 (#183 the year before), with 2,089 babies in all.

SpellingBoys in 2025Share
Marcus 1,341 64%
Marcos 579 28%
Markus 144 7%
Markos 18 1%
Markis 7 0%

Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.

Markese by decade

DecadeBaby boysBest rank
1970s48#3,356
1980s166#2,062
1990s395#1,701
2000s292#2,669
2010s198#3,113
2020s66#5,557

Questions

Is Markese a boy or girl name?
Markese is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Markese were boys.
How popular is the name Markese?
No babies were recorded with the name Markese in 2025. It was most used in 1995, when 52 boys got the name.
When was Markese most popular?
Markese peaked in 1995, when 52 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,701 in 1995.
How many people are named Markese?
1,165 babies have been named Markese in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,135 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 27.

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.