Girls' name · since 1996
Makalya
301 babies named Makalya in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,874 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 301
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
301 girls have been named Makalya since 1996, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Makalya has 301 recorded births among girls since 1996, 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 1996 to 2016.
- #15,874 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 301 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Makalya ranks #15,874 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 301 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,874 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 301
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Makalya's 301 recorded births place it above 78.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Makalya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Makalya's full recorded timeline at 2006, 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 1996, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Makalya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2016
- Peak year (2008)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Makalya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (187 births, 62% of the file).
2000s was Makalya's strongest decade.
187 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Makalya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 50
1990s
50 births
- 2000s
2000s
187 births
- 2010s 64
2010s
64 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 187 births (62% of all-time use).
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- Makalya's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (187 total births) through the 2010s (64) -- 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 Makalya: 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 (~20 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, 1996–2016 (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 Makalya 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.