Girls' name · since 1973
Makini
56 babies named Makini in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,724 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 56
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
Makini is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 56 have been recorded since 1973.
Makini has 56 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1982.
- #33,724 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 56 born since 1973
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Makini ranks #33,724 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 56 born since 1973, peaking in the 1970s.
- #33,724 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 56
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
Makini's 56 recorded births place it above 53.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Makini's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Makini's full recorded timeline at 1978, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1974 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Makini popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1982
- Peak year (1974)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Makini by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (43 births, 77% of the file).
1970s was Makini's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Makini births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
43 births
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 43 births (77% of all-time use).
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- Makini's decade-level peak was the 1970s (43 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Makini: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~9 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, 1973–1982 (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 Makini 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.