Makenna

#593 for girls in 2025, 495 births · Last seen for boys in 1996 at #6,496
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2010 · 1,543 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
33,741
since 1982

Makenna over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Makenna has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202009peak #201, 2010girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#593495—
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2020#402775—
2019#376833—
2018#328989—
2017#333979—
2016#3181,025—
2015#2891,117—
2014#2831,149—
2013#2481,293—
2012#2291,386—
2011#2191,451—
2010#2011,543—
2009#2431,370—
2008#2301,474—
2007#2441,459—
2006#2321,492—
2005#2131,619—
2004#2271,464—
2003#2251,451—
2002#2421,323—
2001#2631,217—
2000#2771,163—
1999#2801,114—
1998#422627—
1997#429600—
1996#530445#6,4968
1995#682312—
1994#904212—
1993#1,299130—
1992#1,474107—
1991#1,77980—
1990#2,95738—
1989#3,10434—
1988#3,48327—
1987#4,12220—
1986#5,18814—
1985#4,12619—
1984#8,1537—
1983#6,21210—
1982#7,4698—
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First appearance
1982

The first year at least five girls were named Makenna! It came in at #7,469, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1982–1984, when fewer than 11 girls a year got the name.

Where Makenna is popular in 2009

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Makenna, so not publishedAKMaine: #131 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 439 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Makenna, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #151 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 563 girlsNHWashington: #134 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 615 girlsWAIdaho: #155 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 564 girlsIDMontana: #79 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 268 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #66 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 219 girlsNDMinnesota: #109 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 486 girlsMNIllinois: #266 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 1,265 girlsILWisconsin: #176 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 743 girlsWIMichigan: #124 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 594 girlsMINew York: #404 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 2,060 girlsNYMassachusetts: #324 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,458 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Makenna, so not publishedRIOregon: #254 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 977 girlsORNevada: #317 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,274 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Makenna, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #95 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 303 girlsSDIowa: #93 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 401 girlsIAIndiana: #156 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 674 girlsINOhio: #133 for girls · 86 births · 1 in 633 girlsOHPennsylvania: #172 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 815 girlsPANew Jersey: #534 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,737 girlsNJConnecticut: #387 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,802 girlsCTCalifornia: #398 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 2,059 girlsCAUtah: #168 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 680 girlsUTColorado: #185 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 769 girlsCONebraska: #125 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 456 girlsNEMissouri: #133 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 596 girlsMOKentucky: #124 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 521 girlsKYWest Virginia: #182 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 679 girlsWVVirginia: #296 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,311 girlsVAMaryland: #318 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,454 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Makenna, so not publishedDEArizona: #181 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 780 girlsAZNew Mexico: #388 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,337 girlsNMKansas: #168 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 655 girlsKSArkansas: #233 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 908 girlsARTennessee: #234 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,017 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #312 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,451 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #447 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,062 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Makenna, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #153 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 615 girlsOKLouisiana: #558 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,582 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Makenna, so not publishedMSAlabama: #296 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,251 girlsALGeorgia: #516 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,415 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Makenna, so not publishedHITexas: #370 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 1,792 girlsTXFlorida: #343 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 1,715 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Dakota#66 · 1 in 219
  2. Montana#79 · 1 in 268
  3. Iowa#93 · 1 in 401
  4. South Dakota#95 · 1 in 303
  5. Minnesota#109 · 1 in 486

Best ever in a state: #23 in Vermont, 2005.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#66121 in 219
Montana#79111 in 268
Iowa#93331 in 401
South Dakota#95101 in 303
Minnesota#109511 in 486
Kentucky#124371 in 521
Michigan#124721 in 594
Nebraska#125181 in 456
Maine#13191 in 439
Missouri#133471 in 596
Ohio#133861 in 633
Washington#134511 in 615
New Hampshire#15171 in 563
Oklahoma#153281 in 615
Idaho#155121 in 564
Indiana#156471 in 674
Kansas#168211 in 655
Utah#168281 in 680
Pennsylvania#172671 in 815
Wisconsin#176331 in 743
Arizona#181431 in 780
West Virginia#182101 in 679
Colorado#185311 in 769
Arkansas#233131 in 908
Tennessee#234301 in 1,017
Oregon#254161 in 977
Illinois#266501 in 1,265
Alabama#296161 in 1,251
Virginia#296281 in 1,311
North Carolina#312321 in 1,451
Nevada#31791 in 1,274
Maryland#318171 in 1,454
Massachusetts#324181 in 1,458
Florida#343481 in 1,715
Texas#370931 in 1,792
Connecticut#38771 in 1,802
New Mexico#38861 in 1,337
California#3981061 in 2,059
New York#404461 in 2,060
South Carolina#44791 in 2,062
Georgia#516211 in 2,415
New Jersey#534141 in 2,737
Louisiana#55881 in 2,582
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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 Makenna
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 71 spots since 2024 (#522 → #593)
  • 191 spots since 2020 (#402 → #593)
  • 304 spots since 2015 (#289 → #593)
  • Biggest jump: 395 spots in 1994 (#1,299 → #904)
  • Biggest drop: 76 spots in 2023 (#398 → #474)
Rise & fade · girls
28 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1982
  • Peaked 2010 at #201 (1,543 births)
  • Births halved by 2023, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1994–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,141
  • Highest: 1 in 1,141 girls born in 2005 were named Makenna (0.09%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,247 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #201 in 2010, was only 1 in 1,152 (0.09%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 41.6% of all girls named Makenna (14,032) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s139#3,104 (1989)#5,232
1990s3,665#280 (1999)#1,076
2000s14,032#213 (2005)#240
2010s11,765#201 (2010)#282
2020s4,140#366 (2021)#459

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.

Makenna in 2009

girls
#243
1,370 births · 1 in 1,341 girls

Top girls' names in 2009

  1. #1Isabella22,321
  2. #2Emma17,910
  3. #3Olivia17,444
  4. #4Sophia16,951
  5. #5Ava15,877
  6. #6Emily15,366
  7. #7Madison15,257
  8. #8Abigail14,401
  9. #9Chloe11,922
  10. #10Mia11,438
  11. #243Makenna1,370
More about 2009

girls

1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 1,341 of them was named Makenna, which outranked 98.8% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Makenna
  1. #239Leila1,390
  2. #241Delaney1,388
  3. #242Ryleigh1,384
  4. #243Makenna1,370
  5. #244Cassidy1,360
  6. #245Brielle1,349
  7. #246Nadia1,345
Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,137Taraji#5,013 → #876
  2. ↑ 2,107Bristol#2,773 → #666
  3. ↑ 836Analia#1,167 → #331
  4. ↑ 773Harlow#1,677 → #904
  5. ↑ 610Maliah#1,405 → #795
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,450Dayami#754 → #2,204
  2. ↓ 953Mareli#723 → #1,676
  3. ↓ 773Mylie#839 → #1,612
  4. ↓ 517Marely#334 → #851
  5. ↓ 515Hillary#722 → #1,237

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2009 →