Makara
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477
- Peak · girls
- 1999 · 15 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 212since 1991
Makara over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Makara has never cracked the top 6,000 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 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 |
| 2023 | — | |
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| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 |
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| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 |
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| 2012 | #8,632 | 13 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 |
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| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
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| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
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First appearance
1991
The first year at least five girls were named Makara! It came in at #13,147, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1993–1997, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Makara is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Makara in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1991
- Peaked 1999 at #6,484 (15 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 3 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 112,539
- Highest: 1 in 112,539 girls born in 2001 were named Makara (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #6,484 in 1999, was only 1 in 118,255 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 51.9% of all girls named Makara (110) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 37 | #6,484 (1999) | #11,463 |
| 2000s | 110 | #6,619 (2001) | #9,789 |
| 2010s | 52 | #8,632 (2012) | #11,884 |
| 2020s | 13 | #12,142 (2020) | #12,810 |
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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