Recorded 2002–2017 Girls' name Peak 2004 121 births

Makhya — girls' name

121 babies named Makhya in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s842010s37
2000s
Peak decade

69% of everyone ever named Makhya was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

13 babies were named Makhya in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Makhya

The Social Security Administration has registered 121 babies named Makhya between 2002 and 2017, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Makhya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Makhya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Makhya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Makhya 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 121 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.

Makhya at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

121

Since 2002

16 years of records

Peak year

2004

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

2002

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 2017

Makhya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2002

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2004)
13
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
468101214 2017201420102008200620042002 7

Makhya by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
84 births that decade — 69% of Makhya's all-time total
2000s842010s37

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Makhya?
121 babies have been named Makhya since 2002. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2004 with 13 births.
When was Makhya most popular?
Makhya was most popular in the 2000s decade with 84 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
How long has the name Makhya been used?
Makhya has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 16 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Makhya?
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.

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, 2002–2017 (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.