Girls' name · since 1995

Makennah

704 babies named Makennah in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#9,485 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,692 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
704
born since 1995
2000s
peak decade

Makennah currently ranks #15692 among girls' names in America, with 704 babies recorded since 1995.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Makennah has been recorded 704 times among girls since 1995, currently ranked #15692 nationally and more common than 9% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.

  • #9,485 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #15,692 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 704 born since 1995
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Makennah ranks #9,485 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,692 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 704 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.

#9,485 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,692 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
704
born since 1995
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%9.2%
Makennah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Makennah's 704 recorded births place it above 86.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

5 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Texas.

How Makennah compares

704 Top 38% higher than 62% of 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Makennah's all-time total is 87% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Makennah Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 704 376 567,345
Peak-year births 51 21 19,840

Makennah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Makennah's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2022, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 51, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Makennah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2007)
51
Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
0204060 19951999200320072011201520192025 5

Makennah by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (318 births, 45% of the file).

2000s was Makennah's strongest decade.

318 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.

Makennah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 318 births (45% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Makennah compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Makennah's total volume

Makennah vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%10%20%30%40% 050100150 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -24, 29.1%-22, 8.5%-55, 4.1%-21, 11.1%-23, 18%-109, 3.8%-34, 7%-61, 5%-32, 6.5%-126, 3.4%-43, 11.9%-28, 7%-42, 5%-45, 6.4%-32, 8.4%Makennah-31, 7.2%Makennah
Makennah vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Makennah by state

Where Makennah concentrates geographically, total births since 1995

Geographically diffuse
Top 5 states by recorded births for the name Makennah
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
21 3.0%
#2 Ohio
6 0.9%
#3 California
5 0.7%
#4 Florida
5 0.7%
#5 Missouri
5 0.7%
Texas share of Makennah's total US births 3.0%
Even split

21 of 704 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Makennah?
Makennah has been given to 704 babies in the U.S. since 1995, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #9,485 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #15,692 of 17,297. 51 babies were born in 2007, its single highest year.
Where does Makennah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Makennah ranks #9,485 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,692 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Makennah most popular?
Makennah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 318 total births. The single peak year was 2007.
Where is Makennah most popular?
The top states for the name Makennah are Texas (21 births), Ohio (6 births), California (5 births).
How long has the name Makennah been used?
Makennah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1995, spanning 31 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Makennah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Makayla, Makenzie, Makenna, Makena, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Makennah's data

  • Makennah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (318 total births); usage has since declined to 33 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • Texas records the most Makennahs (21 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Makennah

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Makennah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1995–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Makennah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.