Makailyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Makailyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 262 babies named Makailyn between 1998 and 2020, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Makailyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Makailyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 126 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Makailyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. 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 Makailyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Makailyn 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 262 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.