Makenna — #525 US girls' name
33,235 babies named Makenna in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 97% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Makenna was born in this single decade.
1,619 babies were named Makenna in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Makenna
The Social Security Administration has registered 33,235 babies named Makenna between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Makenna currently holds the #525 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 1,619 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Makenna performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 14,031 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Makenna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,127 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Makenna in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Makenna 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 33,235 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.
Makenna at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Makenna popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1982
- Peak year (2005)
- 1,619
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
Currently ranks #525 among girls.
33,235 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 1,619 births in a single year.
Makenna popularity over time — boys
8 total births recorded since 1996 (Makenna as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Makenna accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Makenna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 14,031 births that decade — 42% of Makenna's all-time total
Makenna decade highlights
- Peak decade 14,031 births
- Runner-up 11,760 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Makenna's strongest decade
14,031 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Makenna by state
Where Makenna concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 3,127 | 9.4% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 2,114 | 6.4% |
| #3 | Texas | | 2,067 | 6.2% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 1,600 | 4.8% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 1,543 | 4.6% |
| #6 | Florida | | 1,168 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 1,152 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 1,141 | 3.4% |
3,127 of 33,235 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 6.4% of nationwide
- Texas 6.2% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.8% of nationwide
- Michigan 4.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 50 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Makenna appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1982–2024 (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.