Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Makala

#3,172 most common girls' name of all time · #5,428 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1971–2022

Rank among girls
#3,172
Rank overall
#5,428 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
3,403
Since 2016
60
Peak year
1998 #778
Best rank
#778 1998
Girls Boys peak 277/yr
198020002020

Makala first appears in 1971. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2022 5 — 5 #15,787
2021 6 — 6 #13,831
2020 9 — 9 #10,453
2019 5 — 5 #16,019
2018 11 — 11 #9,335
2017 13 — 13 #8,439
2016 11 — 11 #9,595
2015 13 — 13 #8,592
2014 24 — 24 #5,509
2013 30 — 30 #4,691
2012 47 — 47 #3,437
2011 54 — 54 #3,102
2010 89 — 89 #2,195
2009 87 — 87 #2,261
2008 140 — 140 #1,627
2007 109 — 109 #1,901
2006 138 — 138 #1,573
2005 149 — 149 #1,435
2004 152 5 157 #1,378
2003 151 — 151 #1,343
2002 188 — 188 #1,115
2001 173 — 173 #1,186
2000 194 — 194 #1,070
1999 227 — 227 #929
1998 277 — 277 #778
1997 240 — 240 #852
1996 176 — 176 #1,052
1995 172 — 172 #1,048
1994 115 — 115 #1,406
1993 87 — 87 #1,721
1992 37 — 37 #3,128
1991 29 — 29 #3,688
1990 34 — 34 #3,279
1989 39 — 39 #2,856
1988 22 — 22 #4,128
1987 12 — 12 #6,165
1986 13 — 13 #5,653
1985 12 — 12 #5,909
1984 12 — 12 #5,780
1983 7 — 7 #8,589
1982 11 — 11 #6,206
1981 8 — 8 #7,865
1980 10 — 10 #6,642
1979 8 — 8 #7,776
1978 14 — 14 #4,877
1977 10 — 10 #6,218
1976 10 — 10 #5,968
1975 7 — 7 #7,779
1974 5 — 5 #9,704
1971 6 — 6 #8,258