Makirah — girls' name
23 babies named Makirah in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
78% of everyone ever named Makirah was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Makirah in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Makirah
The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Makirah between 2004 and 2010, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Makirah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Makirah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Makirah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Makirah 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 23 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.
Makirah at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Makirah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2004
- Peak year (2007)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
23 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 7 births in a single year.
Makirah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 18 births that decade — 78% of Makirah's all-time total
Makirah decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Makirah's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 78% 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, 2004–2010 (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.