Recorded 1998–2014 Boys' name Peak 2008 144 births

Makail — boys' name

144 babies named Makail in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s152000s902010s39
2000s
Peak decade

63% of everyone ever named Makail was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

15 babies were named Makail in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Makail

The Social Security Administration has registered 144 babies named Makail between 1998 and 2014, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Makail currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Makail performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 90 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Makail shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Makail 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 144 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.

Makail at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

144

Since 1998

17 years of records

Peak year

2008

15 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

1998

Recorded for 17 years

Last year on file: 2014

Makail popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1998

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (2008)
15
Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
46810121416 20142011200920072005200320011998 6

Makail by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
90 births that decade — 63% of Makail's all-time total
1990s152000s902010s39

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Makail?
144 babies have been named Makail since 1998. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 2008 with 15 births.
When was Makail most popular?
Makail was most popular in the 2000s decade with 90 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Makail been used?
Makail has been recorded in Social Security data since 1998, spanning 17 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Makail?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Makai, Makhi, Maksim, Makari, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1998–2014 (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.