Makisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Makisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 446 babies named Makisha between 1973 and 1994, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Makisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 48 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Makisha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 224 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Makisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Connecticut. In total, SSA state-level files list Makisha in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Makisha 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 446 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.