Makeila — girls' name
250 babies named Makeila in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Makeila was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Makeila in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Makeila
The Social Security Administration has registered 250 babies named Makeila between 1994 and 2020, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Makeila currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Makeila performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 112 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Makeila shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Makeila 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 250 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.
Makeila at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Makeila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1994
- Peak year (2010)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
250 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 19 births in a single year.
Makeila by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 112 births that decade — 45% of Makeila's all-time total
Makeila decade highlights
- Peak decade 112 births
- Runner-up 90 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Makeila's strongest decade
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% 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, 1994–2020 (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.