How Many People Are Named Makeba?
people named Makeba are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 515,512 people in the US has this name
Based on 702 babies named Makeba in Social Security records from 1962 to 2003, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
63 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Makeba in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Makeba alive today is about 48 years old, and 95% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 44 and 54 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Makeba first appears in the records in 1962 and was given most often in 1972, to 63 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2003.
Babies given the name each year, 1962 to 2003
🏆 Rank History
Makeba has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,511, in 1972.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,511 (1972) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,180 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Makeba alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Makeba were born in New York than in any other state: about 115 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Makeba was given about 8.1 times as often in New York.
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