Makahla — girls' name
107 babies named Makahla in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
52% of everyone ever named Makahla was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Makahla in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Makahla
The Social Security Administration has registered 107 babies named Makahla between 1994 and 2011, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Makahla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Makahla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Makahla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Makahla in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 107 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Makahla at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Makahla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1994
- Peak year (1997)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
107 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 13 births in a single year.
Makahla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 56 births that decade — 52% of Makahla's all-time total
Makahla decade highlights
- Peak decade 56 births
- Runner-up 38 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Makahla's strongest decade
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1994–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.