How Many People Are Named Makaela?
people named Makaela are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 125,058 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,764 babies named Makaela in Social Security records from 1980 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
145 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Makaela in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Makaela alive today is about 21 years old, and 89% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 27 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Makaela first appears in the records in 1980 and was given most often in 1998, to 145 babies. In 2025, 13 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1980 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Makaela has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,255, in 1998. In 2025 it ranked #8,160.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,160 |
| Best rank | #1,255 (1998) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,661 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Makaela alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Makaela were born in California than in any other state: about 333 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Makaela was given 2.1 times as often in Washington, 1.9 times in California and 1.7 times in Florida.
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