Makaylah — #5681 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Makaylah

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,153 babies named Makaylah between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Makaylah currently holds the #5681 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 225 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Makaylah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,553 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Makaylah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 369 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Makaylah in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Makaylah 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 3,153 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.