Makayla — #542 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Makayla

The Social Security Administration has registered 107,474 babies named Makayla between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Makayla currently holds the #542 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 5,956 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Makayla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 54,986 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Makayla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 9,679 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Makayla in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Makayla 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 107,474 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.