Makaela
- #7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 145 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,764since 1980
Makaela over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Makaela has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,885 | 13 |
| 2024 | #6,642 | 17 |
| 2023 | #6,922 | 16 |
| 2022 | #6,229 | 19 |
| 2021 | #6,967 | 16 |
| 2020 | #5,487 | 22 |
| 2019 | #4,162 | 34 |
| 2018 | #4,144 | 34 |
| 2017 | #4,576 | 30 |
| 2016 | #3,996 | 37 |
| 2015 | #3,129 | 53 |
| 2014 | #3,549 | 44 |
| 2013 | #2,508 | 71 |
| 2012 | #2,336 | 80 |
| 2011 | #1,874 | 107 |
| 2010 | #1,639 | 130 |
| 2009 | #1,733 | 126 |
| 2008 | #1,774 | 124 |
| 2007 | #1,804 | 118 |
| 2006 | #1,809 | 113 |
| 2005 | #2,030 | 92 |
| 2004 | #1,684 | 115 |
| 2003 | #1,534 | 126 |
| 2002 | #1,520 | 124 |
| 2001 | #1,360 | 140 |
| 2000 | #1,356 | 138 |
| 1999 | #1,371 | 129 |
| 1998 | #1,254 | 145 |
| 1997 | #1,288 | 136 |
| 1996 | #1,625 | 94 |
| 1995 | #1,466 | 109 |
| 1994 | #2,059 | 67 |
| 1993 | #2,825 | 42 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 |
| 1991 | #5,181 | 18 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
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| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
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| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
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First appearance
1980
The first year at least five girls were named Makaela! It came in at #9,095, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1981–1986, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Makaela is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Makaela in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Makaela
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 2,398 spots since 2020 (#5,487 → #7,885)
Rise & fade · girls
18 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1980
- Peaked 1998 at #1,254 (145 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,186
- Highest: 1 in 12,186 girls born in 1998 were named Makaela (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 44.0% of all girls named Makaela (1,216) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 52 | #6,160 (1989) | #8,938 |
| 1990s | 773 | #1,254 (1998) | #2,807 |
| 2000s | 1,216 | #1,356 (2000) | #1,660 |
| 2010s | 620 | #1,639 (2010) | #3,191 |
| 2020s | 103 | #5,487 (2020) | #6,689 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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