Girls' name · since 2000
Makaylen
107 babies named Makaylen in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,406 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 107
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
107 girls have been named Makaylen since 2000, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Makaylen recorded 107 times among girls since 2000, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2017.
- #26,406 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 107 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Makaylen ranks #26,406 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 107 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #26,406 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 107
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Makaylen's 107 recorded births place it above 63.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Makaylen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Makaylen's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2014, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Makaylen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2017
- Peak year (2009)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Makaylen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (54 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Makaylen's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Makaylen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
53 births
- 2010s
2010s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 54 births (50% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Makaylen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
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, 2000–2017 (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 Makaylen 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.