Boys' name · since 1998
Makail
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.
- #15,028 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 144
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Makail sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 144 recorded since 1998.
Makail has 144 recorded births among boys since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2014.
- #15,028 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 144 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Makail ranks #15,028 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 144 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,028 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 144
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Makail's 144 recorded births place it above 66.92% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Makail's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Makail splits its recorded history at 2006: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1998 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Makail popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2014
- Peak year (2008)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Makail by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (90 births, 63% of the file).
2000s was Makail's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Makail births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
- 2000s
2000s
90 births
- 2010s
2010s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 90 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Makail's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (90 total births) through the 2010s (39) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Makail: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~16 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, 1998–2014 (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 Makail 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.