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.
69% of everyone ever named Makhya was born in this single decade.
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 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Makhya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2002
- Peak year (2004)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
121 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 13 births in a single year.
Makhya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 84 births that decade — 69% of Makhya's all-time total
Makhya decade highlights
- Peak decade 84 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Makhya's strongest decade
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 69% of all-time use.
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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, 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.