Markel is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1999 and has grown less common since.
Markel is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,111 for boy births in the United States (and #6,683 across all names), given to 39 babies. Markel first appears in 1948 and peaked in 1999 (172 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | 39 | — | #3,111 |
| 2024 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,698 |
| 2023 | 63 | 63 | — | #2,262 |
| 2022 | 62 | 62 | — | #2,310 |
| 2021 | 73 | 73 | — | #2,032 |
| 2020 | 81 | 81 | — | #1,841 |
| 2019 | 86 | 86 | — | #1,800 |
| 2018 | 85 | 85 | — | #1,803 |
| 2017 | 81 | 81 | — | #1,839 |
| 2016 | 92 | 92 | — | #1,704 |
| 2015 | 110 | 110 | — | #1,511 |
| 2014 | 95 | 95 | — | #1,637 |
| 2013 | 110 | 110 | — | #1,489 |
| 2012 | 107 | 107 | — | #1,510 |
| 2011 | 123 | 123 | — | #1,369 |
| 2010 | 126 | 126 | — | #1,355 |
| 2009 | 144 | 144 | — | #1,247 |
| 2008 | 147 | 147 | — | #1,201 |
| 2007 | 139 | 139 | — | #1,267 |
| 2006 | 138 | 138 | — | #1,221 |
| 2005 | 177 | 177 | #12,586 | #1,006 |
| 2004 | 149 | 149 | — | #1,074 |
| 2003 | 136 | 136 | — | #1,123 |
| 2002 | 126 | 126 | #11,795 | #1,189 |
| 2001 | 170 | 170 | #14,676 | #946 |
| 2000 | 143 | 143 | — | #1,023 |
| 1999 | 183 | 183 | #8,592 | #883 |
| 1998 | 168 | 168 | #11,932 | #899 |
| 1997 | 163 | — | #11,605 | #890 |
| 1996 | 147 | — | #10,173 | #940 |
| 1995 | 175 | — | #10,166 | #832 |
| 1994 | 173 | — | #7,956 | #842 |
| 1993 | 89 | — | #12,826 | #1,251 |
| 1992 | 74 | — | #9,218 | #1,425 |
| 1991 | 84 | — | #14,522 | #1,259 |
| 1990 | 87 | — | #7,144 | #1,281 |
| 1989 | 54 | — | — | #1,529 |
| 1988 | 33 | — | #13,081 | #2,230 |
| 1987 | 38 | — | — | #1,745 |
| 1986 | 29 | — | — | #2,037 |
| 1985 | 42 | — | — | #1,561 |
| 1984 | 29 | — | — | #1,920 |
| 1983 | 22 | — | — | #2,317 |
| 1982 | 34 | — | — | #1,723 |
| 1981 | 32 | — | — | #1,794 |
| 1980 | 18 | — | — | #2,684 |
| 1979 | 13 | — | — | #3,287 |
| 1978 | 19 | — | — | #2,444 |
| 1977 | 18 | — | — | #2,524 |
| 1976 | 22 | — | #10,233 | #2,568 |
| 1975 | 16 | — | #9,989 | #3,359 |
| 1974 | 10 | — | — | #3,478 |
| 1973 | 11 | — | — | #3,150 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | — | #4,275 |
| 1971 | 15 | — | — | #2,514 |
| 1970 | 11 | — | — | #3,003 |
| 1969 | 13 | — | — | #2,504 |
| 1968 | 7 | — | — | #3,563 |
| 1966 | 11 | — | — | #2,568 |
| 1965 | 8 | — | — | #3,154 |
| 1964 | 8 | — | — | #3,186 |
| 1963 | 6 | — | — | #3,886 |
| 1962 | 11 | — | — | #2,613 |
| 1961 | 15 | — | — | #2,205 |
| 1960 | 10 | — | — | #2,797 |
| 1959 | 10 | — | — | #2,761 |
| 1957 | 8 | — | — | #3,169 |
| 1956 | 11 | — | — | #2,586 |
| 1955 | 7 | — | — | #3,388 |
| 1954 | 11 | — | — | #2,550 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | — | #3,657 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | — | #4,058 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | — | #4,007 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | — | #4,030 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | — | #3,998 |