Makinley — #4081 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Makinley

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,826 babies named Makinley between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Makinley currently holds the #4081 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 174 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Makinley performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Makinley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 137 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Makinley in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Makinley 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 1,826 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.