Markeisha
Markeisha Gatling is an American and Montenegrin professional basketball player for AZS UMCS Lublin of Polish Basket Liga Kobiet.
Meaning & Origin of Markeisha
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Markeisha Gatling is an American and Montenegrin professional basketball player for AZS UMCS Lublin of Polish Basket Liga Kobiet.
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The Story of Markeisha
Markeisha first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1973, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1992: 100 births, good for #1,548 nationwide. About 52% of every Markeisha on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Markeisha last appeared in the published SSA data in 2014, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Markeisha
Markeisha is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1973 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Markeisha's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #1,548. Use the chart and map above to compare Markeisha's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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