Makena — #2043 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Makena

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,503 babies named Makena between 1984 and 2024, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Makena currently holds the #2043 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 381 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Makena performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,928 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Makena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,595 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Washington and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Makena in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Makena 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 6,503 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.