Makaiah — #5374 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Makaiah

The Social Security Administration has registered 212 babies named Makaiah between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Makaiah currently holds the #5374 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 24 babies received it in a single year. Makaiah is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 35 additional births since 2009.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Makaiah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Makaiah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Makaiah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Makaiah 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 212 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.