Markelle
Markelle is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Markelle Fultz, American basketball player Markelle Martin, American football player
Meaning & Origin of Markelle
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Markelle is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Markelle Fultz, American basketball player Markelle Martin, American football player
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The Story of Markelle
As a girl name
American parents first put Markelle on the record books as a girl name in 1974, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1994, when 14 Markelles were born — ranking #6,319 that year. About 71% of every Markelle on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Markelle last appeared in the published SSA data in 2013, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 125 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Markelle on the record books as a boy name in 1985, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1995, when 14 Markelles were born — ranking #4,279 that year. About 30% of every Markelle on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Markelle last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 227 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Markelle
Markelle is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1985 and has accumulated 227 births in the dataset. Markelle's peak popularity came in 1995 when it ranked #4,279. Use the chart and map above to compare Markelle'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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