Makaylan — girls' name
46 babies named Makaylan in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
57% of everyone ever named Makaylan was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Makaylan in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Makaylan
The Social Security Administration has registered 46 babies named Makaylan between 1999 and 2011, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Makaylan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Makaylan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Makaylan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Makaylan 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 46 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.
Makaylan at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Makaylan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1999
- Peak year (2000)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
46 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 8 births in a single year.
Makaylan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 26 births that decade — 57% of Makaylan's all-time total
Makaylan decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Runner-up 14 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Makaylan's strongest decade
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1999–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.