Makena
#2,719 for girls in 2025, 63 births · Last seen for boys in 2010 at #12,231
Given to girls 98.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2005 · 381 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,568since 1984
Makena over time
Rank among girls' names. Makena has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,719 | 63 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,011 | 97 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,774 | 115 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,870 | 108 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,768 | 115 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,704 | 119 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,465 | 150 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,284 | 178 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,182 | 207 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,132 | 224 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,126 | 226 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,215 | 201 | — | |
| 2013 | #994 | 252 | — | |
| 2012 | #988 | 255 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,045 | 236 | — | |
| 2010 | #899 | 294 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #949 | 281 | — | |
| 2008 | #863 | 323 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #906 | 303 | — | |
| 2006 | #804 | 341 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #717 | 381 | — | |
| 2004 | #831 | 297 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #824 | 298 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | #774 | 306 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #1,076 | 197 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,042 | 201 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,174 | 165 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #1,285 | 140 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,386 | 123 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #1,752 | 85 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #2,006 | 68 | #4,052 | 15 |
| 1994 | #2,209 | 60 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #3,108 | 37 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,830 | 42 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | — | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | — | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | — | |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Makena! It came in at #8,153, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1984–1987, when fewer than 9 girls a year got the name.
Where Makena is popular in 2008
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#127 · 1 in 393
- Nebraska#365 · 1 in 1,387
- Minnesota#369 · 1 in 1,717
- Idaho#381 · 1 in 1,474
- Nevada#429 · 1 in 1,738
Best ever in a state: #48 in Hawaii, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #127 | 9 | 1 in 393 |
| Nebraska | #365 | 6 | 1 in 1,387 |
| Minnesota | #369 | 15 | 1 in 1,717 |
| Idaho | #381 | 5 | 1 in 1,474 |
| Nevada | #429 | 7 | 1 in 1,738 |
| Washington | #429 | 17 | 1 in 1,891 |
| Oregon | #489 | 8 | 1 in 2,074 |
| Colorado | #490 | 11 | 1 in 2,227 |
| Wisconsin | #505 | 10 | 1 in 2,505 |
| Utah | #524 | 8 | 1 in 2,472 |
| California | #584 | 71 | 1 in 3,230 |
| Arizona | #591 | 13 | 1 in 2,807 |
| Michigan | #658 | 12 | 1 in 3,705 |
| Ohio | #719 | 13 | 1 in 4,338 |
| North Carolina | #746 | 12 | 1 in 4,007 |
| Indiana | #813 | 7 | 1 in 4,644 |
| Missouri | #829 | 6 | 1 in 4,906 |
| Texas | #1,293 | 19 | 1 in 8,827 |
| Georgia | #1,381 | 6 | 1 in 8,803 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,397 | 5 | 1 in 11,068 |
| Florida | #1,499 | 8 | 1 in 10,760 |
| Illinois | #1,527 | 6 | 1 in 11,038 |
| New York | #1,802 | 7 | 1 in 13,647 |
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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 Makena
- 708 spots since 2024 (#2,011 → #2,719)
- 1,015 spots since 2020 (#1,704 → #2,719)
- 1,593 spots since 2015 (#1,126 → #2,719)
- Biggest jump: 302 spots in 2002 (#1,076 → #774)
- Biggest drop: 221 spots in 2014 (#994 → #1,215)
- Debuted 1984
- Peaked 2005 at #717 (381 births)
- Births halved by 2018, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 2002–2010
- Highest: 1 in 4,850 girls born in 2005 were named Makena (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 25,512 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 44.6% of all girls named Makena (2,928) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 53 | #5,598 (1988) | #7,766 |
| 1990s | 747 | #1,174 (1999) | #2,847 |
| 2000s | 2,928 | #717 (2005) | #879 |
| 2010s | 2,223 | #899 (2010) | #1,133 |
| 2020s | 617 | #1,704 (2020) | #1,974 |
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.
Makena in 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
Top boys' names in 2008
More about 2008
girls
1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 5,854 of them was named Makena, which outranked 95.8% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 408,030 of them was named Makena, which outranked 14.2% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).