Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Markita isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Markita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,495
- 0 boys · 2,495 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 160 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 160 in 1985. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,047 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Markita’s family of names
Markita has a related form in Marketa.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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