Makalyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Makalyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 371 babies named Makalyn between 1994 and 2017, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Makalyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Makalyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 209 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Makalyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Makalyn in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Makalyn 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 371 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.