Girls' name · since 2000
Makailey
Makailey has 71 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,977 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 71
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Makailey sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 71 recorded since 2000.
Makailey has 71 recorded births among girls since 2000, 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 2000 to 2014.
- #30,977 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 71 born since 2000
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Makailey ranks #30,977 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 71 born since 2000, peaking in the 2000s.
- #30,977 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 71
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Makailey's 71 recorded births place it above 57.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Makailey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Makailey splits its recorded history at 2005: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2013 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Makailey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2014
- Peak year (2004)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Makailey by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (48 births, 68% of the file).
2000s was Makailey's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Makailey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
48 births
- 2010s
2010s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 48 births (68% of all-time use).
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- Makailey's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (48 total births) through the 2010s (23) -- 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 Makailey: 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 (~14 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, 2000–2014 (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 Makailey 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.