Makayla
#358 most common girls' name of all time · #658 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1971–2025
Rank among girls
#358
Rank overall
#658 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
108,183
Since 2016
10,499
Peak year
2008 #37
Best rank
#37 2008
Girls
Boys
peak 5,963/yr
Makayla 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 530 | — | 530 | #568 |
| 2024 | 562 | — | 562 | #542 |
| 2023 | 683 | — | 683 | #452 |
| 2022 | 797 | — | 797 | #392 |
| 2021 | 880 | — | 880 | #355 |
| 2020 | 954 | — | 954 | #325 |
| 2019 | 1,265 | — | 1,265 | #261 |
| 2018 | 1,376 | — | 1,376 | #232 |
| 2017 | 1,506 | — | 1,506 | #205 |
| 2016 | 1,946 | — | 1,946 | #165 |
| 2015 | 2,263 | — | 2,263 | #143 |
| 2014 | 2,591 | — | 2,591 | #123 |
| 2013 | 3,297 | — | 3,297 | #94 |
| 2012 | 3,774 | — | 3,774 | #70 |
| 2011 | 4,460 | 8 | 4,468 | #56 |
| 2010 | 5,397 | 10 | 5,407 | #43 |
| 2009 | 5,269 | 7 | 5,276 | #44 |
| 2008 | 5,957 | 6 | 5,963 | #37 |
| 2007 | 5,428 | 6 | 5,434 | #47 |
| 2006 | 5,652 | 7 | 5,659 | #45 |
| 2005 | 5,727 | 14 | 5,741 | #44 |
| 2004 | 5,666 | 28 | 5,694 | #47 |
| 2003 | 5,580 | 10 | 5,590 | #51 |
| 2002 | 5,476 | 7 | 5,483 | #50 |
| 2001 | 5,318 | 15 | 5,333 | #54 |
| 2000 | 4,917 | 9 | 4,926 | #67 |
| 1999 | 4,791 | 7 | 4,798 | #66 |
| 1998 | 4,365 | 12 | 4,377 | #71 |
| 1997 | 3,345 | 7 | 3,352 | #102 |
| 1996 | 2,463 | — | 2,463 | #129 |
| 1995 | 1,911 | — | 1,911 | #164 |
| 1994 | 1,503 | — | 1,503 | #199 |
| 1993 | 762 | — | 762 | #340 |
| 1992 | 415 | — | 415 | #564 |
| 1991 | 276 | — | 276 | #751 |
| 1990 | 252 | — | 252 | #798 |
| 1989 | 207 | — | 207 | #891 |
| 1988 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,489 |
| 1987 | 68 | — | 68 | #1,760 |
| 1986 | 47 | — | 47 | #2,224 |
| 1985 | 44 | — | 44 | #2,311 |
| 1984 | 43 | — | 43 | #2,291 |
| 1983 | 31 | — | 31 | #2,839 |
| 1982 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,482 |
| 1981 | 26 | — | 26 | #3,321 |
| 1980 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,292 |
| 1979 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,347 |
| 1978 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,875 |
| 1977 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,807 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,467 |
| 1975 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,769 |
| 1974 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,760 |
| 1973 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,160 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,181 |
| 1971 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,585 |