Recorded 1996–2017 Girls' name Peak 2004 283 births

Makaylie — girls' name

283 babies named Makaylie in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s192000s1752010s89
2000s
Peak decade

62% of everyone ever named Makaylie was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

25 babies were named Makaylie in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Makaylie

The Social Security Administration has registered 283 babies named Makaylie between 1996 and 2017, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Makaylie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Makaylie performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 175 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Makaylie shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Makaylie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Makaylie 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 283 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.

Makaylie at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

283

Since 1996

22 years of records

Peak year

2004

25 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1996

Recorded for 22 years

Last year on file: 2017

Makaylie popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1996

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2004)
25
Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
051015202530 20172014201120082005200219991996 6

Makaylie by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
175 births that decade — 62% of Makaylie's all-time total
1990s192000s1752010s89

Makaylie by state

Where Makaylie concentrates geographically — total births since 1996

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Makaylie
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
5 1.8%
Texas share of Makaylie's total US births 1.8%

5 of 283 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Makaylie?
283 babies have been named Makaylie since 1996. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2004 with 25 births.
When was Makaylie most popular?
Makaylie was most popular in the 2000s decade with 175 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
Where is Makaylie most popular?
The top states for the name Makaylie are Texas (5 births).
How long has the name Makaylie been used?
Makaylie has been recorded in Social Security data since 1996, spanning 22 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Makaylie?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Makayla, Makenzie, Makenna, Makena, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1996–2017 (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.