Markesha
Markesha is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 199154 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1972
- 1,000people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,000 girls have been named Markesha in the United States since 1972, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 54 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 54 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1989, and the 1990s alone account for 40%.
By decade
In 1991, its biggest year
Markesha was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1991 were Ashley, Jessica, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1991.
Names that rose and fell with Markesha
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jessecapeak 1994
- Tyeshiapeak 1991
- Donishapeak 1991
- Tyeshapeak 1991
- Jamekapeak 1993
- Shantiapeak 1989
- Tasharapeak 1990
- Lashapeak 1991
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.