Makell — boys' name
337 babies named Makell in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
52% of everyone ever named Makell was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Makell in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Makell
The Social Security Administration has registered 337 babies named Makell between 1998 and 2023, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Makell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 25 babies received it in a single year. Makell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 149 additional births since 1992.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Makell performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 176 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Makell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Makell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Makell 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 337 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.
Makell at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Makell popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1998
- Peak year (2008)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
337 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 25 births in a single year.
Makell popularity over time — girls
149 total births recorded since 1992 (Makell as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Makell accounts for 31% of total recorded use across both genders.
Makell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 176 births that decade — 52% of Makell's all-time total
Makell decade highlights
- Peak decade 176 births
- Runner-up 108 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Makell's strongest decade
176 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Makell by state
Where Makell concentrates geographically — total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 6 | 1.8% |
6 of 337 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 1.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1998–2023 (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.