Girls' name · since 1994
Makaley
121 babies named Makaley in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,039 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 121
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Makaley sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 121 recorded since 1994.
Makaley has 121 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 2012.
- #25,039 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 121 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Makaley ranks #25,039 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 121 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #25,039 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 121
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Makaley's 121 recorded births place it above 65.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Makaley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Makaley's full recorded timeline at 2004, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2001 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Makaley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2012
- Peak year (2001)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Makaley by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (78 births, 64% of the file).
2000s was Makaley's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Makaley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 25
1990s
25 births
- 2000s
2000s
78 births
- 2010s 18
2010s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 78 births (64% of all-time use).
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- Makaley's decade-level peak was the 2000s (78 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2010s -- 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 Makaley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~18 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, 1994–2012 (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 Makaley 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.