Markelle
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mar-KEL
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Markelle is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
Where does Markelle come from?
Modern: Mark with the ending -elle
Is Markelle a girl's or a boy's name?
Markelle is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Markelle in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Markelle, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1995, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the boys named Markelle in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 103 boys in the US were given Markelle or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,455, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Markelle in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
Nicknames for Markelle
- Mark 186 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Markelle
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Kyaire Jayden Ridge Jaylen Braylen Kylan Aiden Sincere Brayden Rayden Kyler
Other spellings of Markelle
Names related to Markelle
More Modern names
Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn Ailani
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Markelle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/markelle, updated 20 October 2026.