How Many People Are Named Makeda?
people named Makeda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 197,677 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,767 babies named Makeda in Social Security records from 1968 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
85 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Possibly means "greatness" in Ethiopic. This was the name of an Ethiopian queen of the 10th-century BC. She is probably the same person as the Queen of Sheba, who visited Solomon in the Old Testament.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Makeda in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Makeda alive today is about 28 years old, and 50% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 40 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Makeda first appears in the records in 1968 and was given most often in 1985, to 85 babies. In 2025, 15 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1968 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Makeda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,467, in 1985. In 2025 it ranked #7,363.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,363 |
| Best rank | #1,467 (1985) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,842 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Makeda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Makeda were born in New York than in any other state: about 350 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Makeda was given 10.9 times as often in New York and 2.6 times in Florida.
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