Girls' name · since 1998
Makaelyn
165 babies named Makaelyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,784 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,928 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 165
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Makaelyn currently ranks #13928 among girls' names in America, with 165 babies recorded since 1998.
Social Security Administration records show Makaelyn recorded 165 times among girls since 1998, holding rank #13928 nationally today, ahead of 19% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #21,784 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,928 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 165 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Makaelyn ranks #21,784 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,928 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 165 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,784 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,928 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 165
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Makaelyn's 165 recorded births place it above 69.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Makaelyn compares
165 33rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Makaelyn's all-time total is 56% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Makaelyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 165 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Makaelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Makaelyn's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Makaelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Makaelyn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (81 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Makaelyn's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Makaelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
81 births
- 2010s
2010s
67 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 81 births (49% of all-time use).
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What to do with Makaelyn's data
- Makaelyn's decade-level peak was the 2000s (81 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Makaelyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~27 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Makaelyn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.