Girls' name · since 1994
Makailah
547 babies named Makailah in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,215 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 547
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Makailah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 547 recorded since 1994.
Makailah has 547 recorded births among girls since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1994 to 2024.
- #11,215 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 547 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Makailah ranks #11,215 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 547 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,215 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 547
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Makailah's 547 recorded births place it above 84.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Makailah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Makailah splits its recorded history at 2010: 33% of all births land in the more recent half, 67% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2024 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 45 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Makailah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2024
- Peak year (2008)
- 45
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Makailah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (306 births, 56% of the file).
2000s was Makailah's strongest decade.
306 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Makailah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 60
1990s
60 births
- 2000s
2000s
306 births
- 2010s
2010s
153 births
- 2020s 28
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 306 births (56% of all-time use).
How Makailah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Makailah's total volume
Makailah by state
Where Makailah concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 43 | 7.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 16 | 2.9% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 7 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.9% |
43 of 547 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Makailah's data
- Makailah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (306 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Makailahs (43 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Makailah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1994–2024 (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 Makailah 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.