How Many People Are Named Makena?
people named Makena are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 51,872 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,652 babies named Makena in Social Security records from 1984 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
381 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "happy one" in Kikuyu.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Makena, 98.8% were girls and 1.3% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 94.4% of the babies were girls then and 100% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Makena alive today is about 17 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 22 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Makena first appears in the records in 1984 and was given most often in 2005, to 381 babies. In 2025, 63 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1984 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Makena has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #718, in 2005. In 2025 it ranked #2,740.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,740 |
| Best rank | #718 (2005) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #855 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Makena alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Makena were born in California than in any other state: about 1,597 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Makena was given 15.3 times as often in Hawaii, 3.6 times in Washington and 2.7 times in Oregon.
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