Boys' name · since 1997
Makaveli
Since 1997, U.S. Social Security records show 142 babies named Makaveli, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,134 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,712 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 142
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
142 babies have been named Makaveli since 1997, making it today's #12712 boys' name.
Makaveli has 142 recorded births among boys since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12712 as of the latest data, more common than 9% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #15,134 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,712 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 142 born since 1997
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Makaveli ranks #15,134 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,712 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 142 born since 1997, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,134 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,712 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 142
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Makaveli's 142 recorded births place it above 66.68% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Makaveli compares
142 32nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Makaveli's all-time total is 62% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Makaveli | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 142 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Makaveli's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Makaveli's full recorded timeline at 2015, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Makaveli popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Makaveli by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (53 births, 37% of the file).
2020s was Makaveli's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Makaveli births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
31 births
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
- 2020s
2020s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 53 births (37% of all-time use).
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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, 1997–2025 (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 Makaveli 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.