Markell is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2005 and has grown less common since.
Markell is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,065 for boy births in the United States (and #6,577 across all names), given to 40 babies. Markell first appears in 1962 and peaked in 2005 (176 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | 40 | — | #3,065 |
| 2024 | 55 | 55 | — | #2,494 |
| 2023 | 69 | 69 | — | #2,119 |
| 2022 | 56 | 56 | — | #2,485 |
| 2021 | 75 | 75 | — | #1,992 |
| 2020 | 88 | 88 | — | #1,757 |
| 2019 | 68 | 68 | — | #2,119 |
| 2018 | 83 | 83 | — | #1,830 |
| 2017 | 95 | 95 | — | #1,676 |
| 2016 | 108 | 108 | — | #1,546 |
| 2015 | 88 | 88 | — | #1,748 |
| 2014 | 107 | 107 | — | #1,510 |
| 2013 | 104 | 104 | — | #1,539 |
| 2012 | 109 | 109 | — | #1,486 |
| 2011 | 132 | 132 | — | #1,301 |
| 2010 | 149 | 149 | — | #1,203 |
| 2009 | 174 | 174 | #19,162 | #1,098 |
| 2008 | 158 | 158 | — | #1,152 |
| 2007 | 157 | 157 | #19,467 | #1,169 |
| 2006 | 160 | 160 | — | #1,100 |
| 2005 | 185 | 185 | #11,501 | #986 |
| 2004 | 144 | 144 | #17,830 | #1,138 |
| 2003 | 126 | 126 | — | #1,183 |
| 2002 | 125 | 125 | — | #1,146 |
| 2001 | 156 | 156 | #9,838 | #1,018 |
| 2000 | 145 | 145 | #9,630 | #1,064 |
| 1999 | 157 | 157 | #13,780 | #960 |
| 1998 | 169 | 169 | #9,025 | #906 |
| 1997 | 143 | — | #13,121 | #965 |
| 1996 | 125 | — | #6,991 | #1,085 |
| 1995 | 182 | — | #5,598 | #840 |
| 1994 | 175 | — | #7,957 | #833 |
| 1993 | 99 | — | #10,195 | #1,176 |
| 1992 | 94 | — | #8,494 | #1,232 |
| 1991 | 95 | — | #14,523 | #1,168 |
| 1990 | 91 | — | #6,336 | #1,266 |
| 1989 | 68 | — | #11,766 | #1,395 |
| 1988 | 57 | — | #8,133 | #1,540 |
| 1987 | 51 | — | #8,461 | #1,627 |
| 1986 | 50 | — | — | #1,412 |
| 1985 | 39 | — | — | #1,634 |
| 1984 | 38 | — | #11,482 | #1,751 |
| 1983 | 27 | — | — | #1,993 |
| 1982 | 30 | — | #7,248 | #2,392 |
| 1981 | 23 | — | — | #2,246 |
| 1980 | 18 | — | — | #2,685 |
| 1979 | 20 | — | — | #2,439 |
| 1978 | 20 | — | — | #2,340 |
| 1977 | 36 | — | #6,657 | #1,883 |
| 1976 | 20 | — | — | #2,301 |
| 1975 | 22 | — | — | #2,104 |
| 1974 | 22 | — | #7,372 | #2,631 |
| 1973 | 26 | — | #6,433 | #2,287 |
| 1972 | 22 | — | #7,858 | #2,385 |
| 1971 | 13 | — | — | #2,762 |
| 1970 | 19 | — | #6,141 | #3,004 |
| 1969 | 9 | — | — | #3,234 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | — | #3,978 |
| 1967 | 6 | — | — | #3,820 |
| 1962 | 8 | — | — | #3,204 |