Makenize — girls' name
127 babies named Makenize in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Makenize was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Makenize in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Makenize
The Social Security Administration has registered 127 babies named Makenize between 1999 and 2023, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Makenize currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Makenize performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Makenize shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Makenize in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Makenize 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 127 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.
Makenize at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Makenize popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1999
- Peak year (2015)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
127 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 14 births in a single year.
Makenize by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 57 births that decade — 45% of Makenize's all-time total
Makenize decade highlights
- Peak decade 57 births
- Runner-up 53 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Makenize's strongest decade
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Makenize by state
Where Makenize concentrates geographically — total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 3.9% |
5 of 127 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 3.9% 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, 1999–2023 (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.