Markita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mar-KEE-ta
- Origin
- Modern
Markita is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Markita come from?
Modern: spelling of Marquita
Is Markita a girl's or a boy's name?
Markita is a girls' name.
How popular is Markita in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1985, with 160 girls. It first appears in the records in 1954.
Half of all the girls named Markita in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
Markita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 32 | #3,714 |
| 1998 | 27 | #4,139 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,871 |
| 1996 | 34 | #3,356 |
| 1995 | 56 | #2,340 |
| 1994 | 76 | #1,857 |
| 1993 | 86 | #1,721 |
| 1992 | 141 | #1,229 |
| 1991 | 119 | #1,363 |
| 1990 | 122 | #1,321 |
| 1989 | 124 | #1,264 |
| 1988 | 106 | #1,344 |
| 1987 | 135 | #1,109 |
| 1986 | 142 | #1,057 |
| 1985 | 160 | #963 |
| 1984 | 153 | #950 |
| 1983 | 98 | #1,266 |
| 1982 | 37 | #2,532 |
| 1981 | 57 | #1,887 |
| 1980 | 31 | #2,866 |
| 1979 | 36 | #2,525 |
| 1978 | 38 | #2,350 |
| 1977 | 34 | #2,515 |
| 1976 | 46 | #1,936 |
| 1975 | 29 | #2,612 |
| 1974 | 30 | #2,497 |
| 1973 | 46 | #1,832 |
| 1972 | 27 | #2,598 |
| 1971 | 25 | #2,801 |
| 1970 | 22 | #3,030 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,317 |
| 1968 | 13 | #3,788 |
| 1967 | 15 | #3,339 |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,958 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,951 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,514 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,800 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 15 | #3,211 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
Names like Markita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Melissa Aisha Amanda Aviva Anika Sasha Marisol Miranda Marissa Sabrina Maria Radhika
Names related to Markita
More Modern names
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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, “Markita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/markita, updated 20 October 2026.