Makayla
#566 for girls in 2025, 530 births · Last seen for boys in 2011 at #8,767
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2008 · 5,957 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 16 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 108,030since 1971
Makayla over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #566 | 530 | — | |
| 2024 | #540 | 562 | — | |
| 2023 | #450 | 683 | — | |
| 2022 | #392 | 797 | — | |
| 2021 | #355 | 880 | — | |
| 2020 | #325 | 954 | — | |
| 2019 | #261 | 1,265 | — | |
| 2018 | #232 | 1,376 | — | |
| 2017 | #205 | 1,506 | — | |
| 2016 | #165 | 1,946 | — | |
| 2015 | #143 | 2,263 | — | |
| 2014 | #123 | 2,591 | — | |
| 2013 | #94 | 3,297 | — | |
| 2012 | #70 | 3,774 | — | |
| 2011 | #56 | 4,460 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #43 | 5,397 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | #44 | 5,269 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #37 | 5,957 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #47 | 5,428 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #45 | 5,652 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #44 | 5,727 | #5,578 | 14 |
| 2004 | #47 | 5,666 | #3,368 | 28 |
| 2003 | #51 | 5,580 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #50 | 5,476 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #54 | 5,318 | #4,890 | 15 |
| 2000 | #67 | 4,917 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #66 | 4,791 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #71 | 4,365 | #5,159 | 12 |
| 1997 | #102 | 3,345 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #129 | 2,463 | — | |
| 1995 | #164 | 1,911 | — | |
| 1994 | #199 | 1,503 | — | |
| 1993 | #339 | 762 | — | |
| 1992 | #564 | 415 | — | |
| 1991 | #751 | 276 | — | |
| 1990 | #796 | 252 | — | |
| 1989 | #887 | 207 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,477 | 92 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,748 | 68 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,195 | 47 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,283 | 44 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,266 | 43 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,783 | 31 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,347 | 17 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,253 | 26 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | — | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Makayla! It came in at #6,006, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1971–1976, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.
Where Makayla is popular in 2018
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#124 · 1 in 489
- Alabama#135 · 1 in 585
- Georgia#137 · 1 in 652
- South Carolina#149 · 1 in 610
- North Carolina#149 · 1 in 703
Best ever in a state: #8 in Mississippi, 2008.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #124 | 22 | 1 in 489 |
| Alabama | #135 | 32 | 1 in 585 |
| Georgia | #137 | 71 | 1 in 652 |
| North Carolina | #149 | 64 | 1 in 703 |
| South Carolina | #149 | 29 | 1 in 610 |
| New Mexico | #151 | 11 | 1 in 529 |
| Florida | #154 | 115 | 1 in 740 |
| Michigan | #164 | 56 | 1 in 719 |
| Tennessee | #178 | 41 | 1 in 760 |
| Maryland | #180 | 31 | 1 in 753 |
| Delaware | #183 | 5 | 1 in 497 |
| Nevada | #184 | 15 | 1 in 708 |
| Illinois | #191 | 61 | 1 in 878 |
| Virginia | #196 | 42 | 1 in 856 |
| Connecticut | #199 | 15 | 1 in 771 |
| New Jersey | #203 | 39 | 1 in 921 |
| Texas | #208 | 153 | 1 in 1,039 |
| New York | #217 | 82 | 1 in 1,057 |
| Ohio | #222 | 53 | 1 in 963 |
| Arizona | #254 | 27 | 1 in 1,088 |
| Louisiana | #255 | 20 | 1 in 979 |
| Pennsylvania | #275 | 44 | 1 in 1,143 |
| Washington | #280 | 26 | 1 in 1,170 |
| Arkansas | #283 | 11 | 1 in 1,001 |
| California | #283 | 134 | 1 in 1,414 |
| Indiana | #283 | 26 | 1 in 1,143 |
| Kentucky | #306 | 15 | 1 in 1,183 |
| Kansas | #324 | 10 | 1 in 1,206 |
| Massachusetts | #365 | 15 | 1 in 1,641 |
| Wisconsin | #372 | 14 | 1 in 1,590 |
| Utah | #375 | 11 | 1 in 1,517 |
| Oklahoma | #385 | 11 | 1 in 1,423 |
| Missouri | #430 | 14 | 1 in 1,892 |
| Iowa | #506 | 6 | 1 in 2,046 |
| Minnesota | #536 | 10 | 1 in 2,349 |
| Oregon | #542 | 6 | 1 in 2,333 |
| Colorado | #554 | 9 | 1 in 2,474 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Makayla
- 26 spots since 2024 (#540 → #566)
- 241 spots since 2020 (#325 → #566)
- 423 spots since 2015 (#143 → #566)
- Biggest jump: 590 spots in 1989 (#1,477 → #887)
- Biggest drop: 90 spots in 2024 (#450 → #540)
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 2008 at #37 (5,957 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 16 yrs · run 1998–2013
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1989–2025
- Highest: 1 in 317 girls born in 2008 were named Makayla (0.32%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,033 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 50.9% of all girls named Makayla (54,990) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 83 | #4,679 (1978) | #6,087 |
| 1980s | 593 | #887 (1989) | #2,539 |
| 1990s | 20,083 | #66 (1999) | #318 |
| 2000s | 54,990 | #37 (2008) | #49 |
| 2010s | 27,875 | #43 (2010) | #139 |
| 2020s | 4,406 | #325 (2020) | #438 |
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.
Makayla in 2018
Top girls' names in 2018
More about 2018
girls
1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 1,236 of them was named Makayla, which outranked 98.7% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.