How Many People Are Named Makayla?
people named Makayla are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,192 people in the US has this name
Based on 108,183 babies named Makayla in Social Security records from 1971 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
5,963 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of MICHAELA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Makayla in English. Counting Makayla and these spellings together, about 178,116 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Makayla (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Makayla alive today is about 19 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Makayla first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 2008, to 5,963 babies. In 2025, 530 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Makayla never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #37, in 2008, and it was in the top 100 for 16 years, 1998 to 2013. In 2025 it ranked #568.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #568 |
| Best rank | #37 (2008) |
| Years in the top 100 | 16 (1998 to 2013) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #46 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Makayla alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Makayla were born in Texas than in any other state: about 9,652 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Makayla was given 2.1 times as often in Wyoming, 2 times in Mississippi and 1.8 times in West Virginia.
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