Girls' name · since 2004
Makhyla
55 babies named Makhyla in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,921 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 55
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Makhyla sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 55 recorded since 2004.
Makhyla has 55 recorded births among girls since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2018.
- #33,921 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 55 born since 2004
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Makhyla ranks #33,921 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 55 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.
- #33,921 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 55
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Makhyla's 55 recorded births place it above 52.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Makhyla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Makhyla splits its recorded history at 2014: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2016 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Makhyla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2018
- Peak year (2014)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Makhyla by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (36 births, 65% of the file).
2010s was Makhyla's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Makhyla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
19 births
- 2010s
2010s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 36 births (65% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Makhyla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~14 yrs)
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, 2004–2018 (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 Makhyla 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.