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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202002peak #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
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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—
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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 2002

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Makenna, so not publishedAKMaine: #215 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 880 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Makenna, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Makenna, so not publishedNHWashington: #131 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 580 girlsWAIdaho: #118 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 414 girlsIDMontana: #140 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 458 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Makenna, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #128 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 577 girlsMNIllinois: #332 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 1,675 girlsILWisconsin: #147 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 654 girlsWIMichigan: #142 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 659 girlsMINew York: #394 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 2,202 girlsNYMassachusetts: #619 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,382 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Makenna, so not publishedRIOregon: #152 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 616 girlsORNevada: #143 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 537 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Makenna, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #123 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 369 girlsSDIowa: #135 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 562 girlsIAIndiana: #161 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 687 girlsINOhio: #124 for girls · 97 births · 1 in 600 girlsOHPennsylvania: #182 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 891 girlsPANew Jersey: #601 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,746 girlsNJConnecticut: #322 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,627 girlsCTCalifornia: #272 for girls · 157 births · 1 in 1,419 girlsCAUtah: #127 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 489 girlsUTColorado: #155 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 654 girlsCONebraska: #62 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 268 girlsNEMissouri: #173 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 798 girlsMOKentucky: #199 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 918 girlsKYWest Virginia: #189 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 793 girlsWVVirginia: #327 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,621 girlsVAMaryland: #418 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,159 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Makenna, so not publishedDEArizona: #275 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,202 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Makenna, so not publishedNMKansas: #176 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 708 girlsKSArkansas: #178 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 739 girlsARTennessee: #283 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,365 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #278 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,358 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #413 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,063 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Makenna, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #250 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,107 girlsOKLouisiana: #398 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,865 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Makenna, so not publishedMSAlabama: #308 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,500 girlsALGeorgia: #403 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,017 girlsGAHawaii: #216 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 652 girlsHITexas: #389 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 2,136 girlsTXFlorida: #311 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 1,674 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nebraska#62 · 1 in 268
  2. Idaho#118 · 1 in 414
  3. South Dakota#123 · 1 in 369
  4. Ohio#124 · 1 in 600
  5. Utah#127 · 1 in 489

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nebraska#62311 in 268
Idaho#118151 in 414
South Dakota#12381 in 369
Ohio#124971 in 600
Utah#127361 in 489
Minnesota#128441 in 577
Washington#131491 in 580
Iowa#135241 in 562
Montana#14061 in 458
Michigan#142741 in 659
Nevada#143191 in 537
Wisconsin#147381 in 654
Oregon#152261 in 616
Colorado#155381 in 654
Indiana#161471 in 687
Missouri#173351 in 798
Kansas#176191 in 708
Arkansas#178161 in 739
Pennsylvania#182621 in 891
West Virginia#18991 in 793
Kentucky#199211 in 918
Maine#21551 in 880
Hawaii#21651 in 652
Oklahoma#250151 in 1,107
California#2721571 in 1,419
Arizona#275271 in 1,202
North Carolina#278321 in 1,358
Tennessee#283221 in 1,365
Alabama#308131 in 1,500
Florida#311461 in 1,674
Connecticut#32291 in 1,627
Virginia#327221 in 1,621
Illinois#332411 in 1,675
Texas#389731 in 2,136
New York#394441 in 2,202
Louisiana#398111 in 1,865
Georgia#403241 in 2,017
South Carolina#41381 in 2,063
Maryland#418111 in 2,159
New Jersey#601111 in 3,746
Massachusetts#61971 in 4,382
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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 2002

girls
#242
1,323 births · 1 in 1,358 girls

Top girls' names in 2002

  1. #1Emily24,470
  2. #2Madison21,774
  3. #3Hannah18,828
  4. #4Emma16,558
  5. #5Alexis15,636
  6. #6Ashley15,344
  7. #7Abigail15,303
  8. #8Sarah14,779
  9. #9Samantha14,671
  10. #10Olivia14,631
  11. #242Makenna1,323
More about 2002

girls

1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 1,358 of them was named Makenna, which outranked 98.7% 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).

Ranked beside Makenna
  1. #239Joanna1,335
  2. #240Eva1,334
  3. #241Jaden1,324
  4. #242Makenna1,323
  5. #243Nina1,320
  6. #244Serena1,306
  7. #245Guadalupe1,296
Biggest movers since 2001
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,168Cadence#2,126 → #958
  2. ↑ 949Lisbeth#1,573 → #624
  3. ↑ 710Ashanti#825 → #115
  4. ↑ 464Elle#1,076 → #612
  5. ↑ 412Nyla#865 → #453
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,141Citlalli#609 → #1,750
  2. ↓ 748Nallely#772 → #1,520
  3. ↓ 617Dafne#967 → #1,584
  4. ↓ 582Beyonce#700 → #1,282
  5. ↓ 540Mikaila#928 → #1,468

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

See the top 100 for 2002 →