Markell
Boy · mar-KEL · Modern
Markell is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,035th for boys in the US (40 babies).
Where does Markell come from?
Modern: elaboration of Mark, akin to Marquel
- Say it
- mar-KEL
Is Markell a girl's or a boy's name?
Markell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 40 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Markell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,035among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 40about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 40 boys in the US were named Markell, making it the 3,035th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,743rd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 176 boys. It first appears in the records in 1962.
2025 had fewer boys named Markell than any year since 1985.
Half of all the boys named Markell in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 103 boys in the US were given Markell or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,455, up from #3,035 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 25% of the babies named Markell in the US in 1977, and 3% in 2009.
Markell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,035 |
| 2024 | 55 | #2,476 |
| 2023 | 69 | #2,112 |
| 2022 | 56 | #2,467 |
| 2021 | 75 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 88 | #1,743 |
| 2019 | 68 | #2,109 |
| 2018 | 83 | #1,822 |
| 2017 | 95 | #1,661 |
| 2016 | 108 | #1,539 |
| 2015 | 88 | #1,740 |
| 2014 | 107 | #1,506 |
| 2013 | 104 | #1,537 |
| 2012 | 109 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 132 | #1,296 |
| 2010 | 149 | #1,200 |
| 2009 | 169 | #1,095 |
| 2008 | 158 | #1,146 |
| 2007 | 152 | #1,162 |
| 2006 | 160 | #1,097 |
| 2005 | 176 | #985 |
| 2004 | 139 | #1,131 |
| 2003 | 126 | #1,180 |
| 2002 | 125 | #1,138 |
| 2001 | 146 | #1,016 |
| 2000 | 135 | #1,059 |
| 1999 | 151 | #954 |
| 1998 | 159 | #905 |
| 1997 | 137 | #960 |
| 1996 | 112 | #1,077 |
| 1995 | 165 | #834 |
| 1994 | 164 | #829 |
| 1993 | 91 | #1,164 |
| 1992 | 84 | #1,224 |
| 1991 | 90 | #1,156 |
| 1990 | 77 | #1,254 |
| 1989 | 62 | #1,387 |
| 1988 | 48 | #1,520 |
| 1987 | 43 | #1,610 |
| 1986 | 50 | #1,402 |
| 1985 | 39 | #1,613 |
| 1984 | 33 | #1,722 |
| 1983 | 27 | #1,954 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1981 | 23 | #2,203 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,616 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,378 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,279 |
| 1977 | 27 | #1,858 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1975 | 22 | #2,064 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,214 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,323 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,685 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
Nicknames for Markell
- Mark 186 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Markell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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