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.

Makeda

#4,855 most common girls' name of all time · #8,232 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1968–2025

Rank among girls
#4,855
Rank overall
#8,232 of 105,966
First appeared
1968
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
1,767
Since 2016
274
Peak year
1985 #1,468
Best rank
#1,468 1985
Girls Boys peak 85/yr
198020002020

Makeda first appears in 1968. 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
2025 15 — 15 #7,224
2024 21 — 21 #5,855
2023 18 — 18 #6,494
2022 29 — 29 #4,713
2021 27 — 27 #4,873
2020 21 — 21 #5,725
2019 33 — 33 #4,284
2018 35 — 35 #4,098
2017 37 — 37 #4,018
2016 38 — 38 #3,949
2015 27 — 27 #5,026
2014 25 — 25 #5,351
2013 30 — 30 #4,689
2012 22 — 22 #5,968
2011 14 — 14 #8,311
2010 21 — 21 #6,254
2009 26 — 26 #5,438
2008 21 — 21 #6,417
2007 27 — 27 #5,290
2006 31 — 31 #4,628
2005 26 — 26 #5,019
2004 37 — 37 #3,855
2003 33 — 33 #4,071
2002 38 — 38 #3,557
2001 29 — 29 #4,258
2000 40 — 40 #3,369
1999 38 — 38 #3,341
1998 33 — 33 #3,604
1997 45 — 45 #2,759
1996 40 — 40 #2,997
1995 50 — 50 #2,535
1994 37 — 37 #3,138
1993 39 — 39 #3,028
1992 51 — 51 #2,504
1991 44 — 44 #2,727
1990 55 — 55 #2,310
1989 40 — 40 #2,797
1988 41 — 41 #2,634
1987 42 — 42 #2,477
1986 38 — 38 #2,601
1985 85 — 85 #1,468
1984 35 — 35 #2,665
1983 38 — 38 #2,465
1982 30 — 30 #3,003
1981 28 — 28 #3,136
1980 30 — 30 #2,982
1979 23 — 23 #3,512
1978 26 — 26 #3,079
1977 24 — 24 #3,248
1976 35 — 35 #2,377
1975 19 — 19 #3,605
1974 19 — 19 #3,542
1973 14 — 14 #4,335
1972 14 — 14 #4,277
1971 9 — 9 #5,944
1970 5 — 5 #8,922
1969 14 — 14 #3,955
1968 5 — 5 #8,077