Makala
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 277 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,398since 1971
Makala over time
Rank among girls' names. Makala 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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 | — | |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,447 | 13 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,456 | 24 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,645 | 30 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,419 | 47 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,092 | 54 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,185 | 89 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,244 | 87 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,620 | 140 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,894 | 109 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,567 | 138 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,432 | 149 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,373 | 152 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #1,342 | 151 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,113 | 188 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,181 | 173 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,065 | 194 | — | |
| 1999 | #928 | 227 | — | |
| 1998 | #775 | 277 | — | |
| 1997 | #850 | 240 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,049 | 176 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,045 | 172 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,400 | 115 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,708 | 87 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,091 | 37 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,633 | 29 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,227 | 34 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,810 | 39 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | — | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | — | |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | — | |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | — | |
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| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Makala! It came in at #7,388, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1972–1974, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Makala is popular in 2002
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- West Virginia#303 · 1 in 1,428
- Mississippi#424 · 1 in 1,886
- Arkansas#499 · 1 in 2,365
- Kentucky#506 · 1 in 3,213
- Virginia#544 · 1 in 3,242
Best ever in a state: #243 in West Virginia, 1995.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #303 | 5 | 1 in 1,428 |
| Mississippi | #424 | 6 | 1 in 1,886 |
| Arkansas | #499 | 5 | 1 in 2,365 |
| Kentucky | #506 | 6 | 1 in 3,213 |
| Virginia | #544 | 11 | 1 in 3,242 |
| Missouri | #609 | 7 | 1 in 3,988 |
| Oklahoma | #657 | 5 | 1 in 3,322 |
| Georgia | #667 | 12 | 1 in 4,034 |
| Louisiana | #724 | 5 | 1 in 4,104 |
| Michigan | #763 | 9 | 1 in 5,420 |
| Ohio | #775 | 10 | 1 in 5,820 |
| North Carolina | #816 | 8 | 1 in 5,430 |
| Tennessee | #853 | 5 | 1 in 6,005 |
| Washington | #889 | 5 | 1 in 5,683 |
| Texas | #1,101 | 20 | 1 in 7,797 |
| Florida | #1,126 | 9 | 1 in 8,558 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,215 | 5 | 1 in 11,051 |
| Illinois | #1,377 | 6 | 1 in 11,446 |
| California | #2,611 | 7 | 1 in 31,818 |
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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 Makala
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 199 spots in 1997 (#1,049 → #850)
- Biggest drop: 153 spots in 1999 (#775 → #928)
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1998 at #775 (277 births)
- Births halved by 2006, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1997–1999
- Highest: 1 in 6,379 girls born in 1998 were named Makala (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 43.6% of all girls named Makala (1,481) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 60 | #4,679 (1978) | #6,688 |
| 1980s | 146 | #2,810 (1989) | #5,711 |
| 1990s | 1,394 | #775 (1998) | #1,771 |
| 2000s | 1,481 | #1,065 (2000) | #1,483 |
| 2010s | 297 | #2,185 (2010) | #6,964 |
| 2020s | 20 | #10,250 (2020) | #13,007 |
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.
Makala in 2002
Top girls' names in 2002
More about 2002
girls
1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 9,558 of them was named Makala, which outranked 93.8% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).