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

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Peak · girls
2008 · 5,957 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
16 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
108,030
since 1971

Makayla over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202006peak #37, 2008girls
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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#566530
2024#540562
2023#450683
2022#392797
2021#355880
2020#325954
2019#2611,265
2018#2321,376
2017#2051,506
2016#1651,946
2015#1432,263
2014#1232,591
2013#943,297
2012#703,774
2011#564,460#8,7678
2010#435,397#7,59110
2009#445,269#9,8647
2008#375,957#11,0376
2007#475,428#10,9216
2006#455,652#9,5857
2005#445,727#5,57814
2004#475,666#3,36828
2003#515,580#6,71510
2002#505,476#8,4567
2001#545,318#4,89015
2000#674,917#6,8399
1999#664,791#7,8747
1998#714,365#5,15912
1997#1023,345#7,2817
1996#1292,463
1995#1641,911
1994#1991,503
1993#339762
1992#564415
1991#751276
1990#796252
1989#887207
1988#1,47792
1987#1,74868
1986#2,19547
1985#2,28344
1984#2,26643
1983#2,78331
1982#4,34717
1981#3,25326
1980#4,14818
1979#5,09213
1978#4,67914
1977#5,53211
1976#6,0489
1975#7,1737
1974#6,2588
1973#7,4356
1972#6,5587
1971#6,0068
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First appearance
1971

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.

See more about Makayla
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
37 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 2008 at #37 (5,957 births)
  • Births halved by 2014, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 16 yrs · run 1998–2013
  • Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1989–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 317
  • Highest: 1 in 317 girls born in 2008 were named Makayla (0.32%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,033 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 50.9% of all girls named Makayla (54,990) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s83#4,679 (1978)#6,087
1980s593#887 (1989)#2,539
1990s20,083#66 (1999)#318
2000s54,990#37 (2008)#49
2010s27,875#43 (2010)#139
2020s4,406#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 2006

girls
#45
5,652 births · 1 in 336 girls
boys
#9,585
7 births · 1 in 293,610 boys

Top girls' names in 2006

  1. #1Emily21,412
  2. #2Emma19,133
  3. #3Madison18,635
  4. #4Isabella18,231
  5. #5Ava16,941
  6. #6Abigail15,633
  7. #7Olivia15,508
  8. #8Hannah14,556
  9. #9Sophia13,503
  10. #10Samantha12,470
  11. #45Makayla5,652

Top boys' names in 2006

  1. #1Jacob24,871
  2. #2Michael22,653
  3. #3Joshua22,336
  4. #4Ethan20,522
  5. #5Matthew20,339
  6. #6Daniel20,082
  7. #7Andrew19,733
  8. #8Christopher19,688
  9. #9Anthony19,413
  10. #10William18,965
  11. #9,585Makayla7
More about 2006

girls

1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 336 of them was named Makayla, which outranked 99.8% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Makayla
  1. #42Kaylee5,998
  2. #43Nevaeh5,956
  3. #44Brooke5,747
  4. #45Makayla5,652
  5. #46Maria5,604
  6. #47Allison5,564
  7. #48Rachel5,551
Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. 8,571Bethzy#9,452#881
  2. 1,747Rihanna#2,278#531
  3. 965Yaretzi#1,803#838
  4. 921Betsy#1,668#747
  5. 612Evangeline#1,210#598
Fallers
  1. 2,134Mikalah#806#2,940
  2. 1,275Jolette#954#2,229
  3. 756Karol#818#1,574
  4. 446Litzy#388#834
  5. 305Devon#963#1,268

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

boys

2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 293,610 of them was named Makayla, which outranked 31.8% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Makayla
  1. #8,732Zedrick8
  2. #8,732Zi8
  3. #8,732Zohair8
  4. #9,585Makayla7
  5. #9,585Aadon7
  6. #9,585Aahil7
  7. #9,585Abass7
  8. #10,662Aaris6
  9. #10,662Aashir6
  10. #10,662Abad6

Tied with 1,076 names at #9,585; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. 792Bode#1,648#856
  2. 790Talen#1,691#901
  3. 677Kingston#1,603#926
  4. 634Imanol#1,619#985
  5. 590Yandel#1,266#676
Fallers
  1. 2,208Baby#945#3,153
  2. 609Kanye#892#1,501
  3. 442Amarion#628#1,070
  4. 308Omarion#420#728
  5. 224Johnpaul#739#963

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

See the top 100 for 2006