Girls' name · since 2002
Makaiyah
211 babies named Makaiyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,263 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 211
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Makaiyah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 211 have been recorded since 2002.
Social Security Administration records show Makaiyah recorded 211 times among girls since 2002, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2024.
- #19,263 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 211 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Makaiyah ranks #19,263 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 211 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,263 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 211
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Makaiyah's 211 recorded births place it above 73.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Makaiyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Makaiyah's full recorded timeline at 2012, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Makaiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2024
- Peak year (2009)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Makaiyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (95 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Makaiyah's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Makaiyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
85 births
- 2010s
2010s
95 births
- 2020s 31
2020s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 95 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Makaiyah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (95 total births); usage has since declined to 31 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Makaiyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~22 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, 2002–2024 (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 Makaiyah 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.