Girls' name · since 1999
Makinlee
470 babies named Makinlee in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,322 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 470
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
470 girls have been named Makinlee since 1999, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Makinlee has 470 recorded births among girls since 1999, 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 1999 to 2024.
- #12,322 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 470 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Makinlee ranks #12,322 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 470 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,322 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 470
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Makinlee's 470 recorded births place it above 82.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Arkansas.
Makinlee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Makinlee splits its recorded history at 2012: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2001 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 39 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Makinlee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2024
- Peak year (2013)
- 39
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Makinlee by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (297 births, 63% of the file).
2010s was Makinlee's strongest decade.
297 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Makinlee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 112
2000s
112 births
- 2010s
2010s
297 births
- 2020s 55
2020s
55 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 297 births (63% of all-time use).
Makinlee by state
Where Makinlee concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Arkansas | | 5 | 1.1% |
5 of 470 births nationwide.
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- Makinlee's decade-level peak was the 2010s (297 total births); usage has since declined to 55 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Arkansas records the most Makinlees (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Arkansas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Makinlee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1999–2024 (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 Makinlee 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.