Makel — #7453 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Makel

The Social Security Administration has registered 745 babies named Makel between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Makel currently holds the #7453 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 52 babies received it in a single year. Makel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 48 additional births since 1999.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Makel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 369 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Makel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Makel in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Makel 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 745 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.