How Many People Are Named Makyla?

2,394

people named Makyla are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 142,767 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,418 babies named Makyla in Social Security records from 1982 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#6,002

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#3,352

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Peak Year

2005

160 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Makyla in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Makyla alive today is about 18 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 23 in 2025.

Under 30 2,277
95.1%
30 to 59 117
4.9%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Makyla first appears in the records in 1982 and was given most often in 2005, to 160 babies. In 2025, 23 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1982 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Makyla has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,361, in 2005. In 2025 it ranked #5,499.

Girls
Rank in 2025#5,499
Best rank#1,361 (2005)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,618 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Makyla alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Makyla were born in Illinois than in any other state: about 142 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Makyla was given 7.5 times as often in Mississippi, 3 times in Illinois and 3 times in Tennessee.

Illinois 142
Florida 121
California 105
Texas 101
Michigan 91
Georgia 84
Ohio 75
Tennessee 65
Mississippi 62
North Carolina 40
Oklahoma 39
Indiana 34
Missouri 34
Alabama 23
Washington 15
Arkansas 12
New York 10
Arizona 10
Louisiana 6
Pennsylvania 6
Colorado 5

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