Markayla
Recorded 1988–2025 · United States
Markayla was most popular in 2008, when 134 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,926 that year. In 2025 it ranked #12,918, with 14 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,245 people named Markayla.
Markayla over time
How old is the name Markayla?
Markayla first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1988, which makes it about 37 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 38 of the 38 years since.
How many people are named Markayla?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,245 American births named Markayla between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,223 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Markayla in 2025?
14 American babies were named Markayla in 2025, ranking #12,918 that year.
Is Markayla getting more or less popular?
Markayla is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 18 births a year, against 64 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -71% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Markayla a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Markayla is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,245 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Markayla?
Roughly 2,223 Americans named Markayla are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 20 years old, and half are between 15 and 25. That is a narrow band: Markayla arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Markayla is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org