How rare is the name Makayla?

87,622 people in the United States have the first name Makayla, about 1 in 3,447. It ranks #606 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MAKAYLA

#606

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
87,622
About
1 in 3,447
This common or more
62%
Who bears it

Of the 87,622 people named Makayla, 53.5% reported their origin as White, 23.3% as Black and 12.8% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Makayla peaked in 2008, when 5,963 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19712025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
5,963
In 2025*
530 ▼91%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 108,183 babies have been given the name since 1971. 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.

Makayla by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #130. The largest share of babies named Makayla, 75.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#9,19783
1980s#3,049593
1990s#32320,109
2000s#13055,099
2010s#25727,893
2020s#8674,406
Generation X 1965–800.1%
Millennials 1981–967.5%
Generation Z 1997–1275.1%
2013 and later17.2%

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 Makayla is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Makayla has been most common in Nevada (2.1×), Alaska (1.8×), and Utah (1.6×), and least common in North Dakota (0.51×).

107,071 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.

Either side of Makayla

#604 Darren · 87,892#605 Preston · 87,761#607 Warren · 87,424#608 Ariel · 87,270

Spelled almost the same

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

#4,782 Makaila · 3,786#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#10,938 Makaylee · 1,195#11,235 Mackayla · 1,153

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