Makaia — #4337 US girls' name
376 babies named Makaia in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 75% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Makaia was born in this single decade.
33 babies were named Makaia in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Makaia
The Social Security Administration has registered 376 babies named Makaia between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Makaia currently holds the #4337 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 33 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Makaia performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 159 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Makaia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Makaia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Makaia 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 376 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.
Makaia at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Makaia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1997
- Peak year (2024)
- 33
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #4337 among girls.
376 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 33 births in a single year.
Makaia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 159 births that decade — 42% of Makaia's all-time total
Makaia decade highlights
- Peak decade 159 births
- Runner-up 99 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Makaia's strongest decade
159 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Makaia by state
Where Makaia concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 376 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1997–2024 (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.