How rare is the name Makaila?

3,786 people in the United States have the first name Makaila, about 1 in 79,776. It ranks #4,782 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

MAKAILA

#4,782

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,786
About
1 in 79,776
This common or more
84.5%
Who bears it

Of the 3,786 people named Makaila, 41.4% reported their origin as White, 30.4% as Black and 14.6% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Makaila peaked in 2007, when 310 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19792025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
310
In 2025*
12 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,747 babies have been given the name since 1979. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Makaila by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,676. The largest share of babies named Makaila, 78.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#22,3077
1980s#16,59337
1990s#2,740959
2000s#1,6762,631
2010s#3,5441,000
2020s#10,717113
Generation X 1965–800.1%
Millennials 1981–9610.1%
Generation Z 1997–1278.1%
2013 and later11.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Makaila is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Makaila has been most common in Georgia (2.1×), Florida (2×), and Washington (1.9×), and least common in New Jersey (0.41×).

3,224 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Makaila

1 other first name also has 3,786 people.

#4,782 Delvin · 3,786

Either side of Makaila

#4,780 Santosh · 3,788#4,782 Delvin · 3,786#4,784 Claribel · 3,785#4,785 Rommel · 3,783

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Makaila, most common first.

#606 Makayla · 87,622#5,250 Makala · 3,310#6,815 Makaylah · 2,312#6,859 Makaela · 2,290#7,364 Makyla · 2,078#7,750 Macayla · 1,935#11,235 Mackayla · 1,153#18,768 Makalah · 571

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