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How popular is the name Markel?
Births per year, rank history and how many Markels are alive today.
Markel (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2021 (ranked 3451st); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. Markel is one spelling of a name also recorded as Markell; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Markel you are most likely to meet is around 17 years old - or else around 4: the name has two living generations. Half of all Markels born in England and Wales are between 10 and 28, and there are at least 98 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Markel - on average, only one in every 3,092 such rooms contains a Markel.
How many babies are named Markel each year?
Includes all spellings: Markel, Markell. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Markel spelling rank?
Where does the Markell spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Markel most popular?
Markel peaked in 2008, when 7 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Markel?
At least 98 people named Markel in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Markel?
Most living Markels are between 10 and 28; the most common age is about 17. There is a second cluster around 4.
Is Markel becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.