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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
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 2004
Top girls' names in 2004
Top boys' names in 2004
More about 2004
girls
1,836,250 girls got a published name in 2004; 1 in 12,081 of them was named Makala, which outranked 92.7% of the 18,835 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,369Blair153
- #1,369Kayle153
- #1,369Maryann153
- #1,373Makala152
- #1,373Austin152
- #1,373Gissel152
- #1,373Jacquelin152
- #1,380Chyna151
- #1,380Corina151
- #1,380Harlie151
Tied with 6 names at #1,373; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,984,979 boys got a published name in 2004; 1 in 396,996 of them was named Makala, which outranked 14.2% of the 13,228 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).