Makiyah — #2703 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Makiyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,486 babies named Makiyah between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Makiyah currently holds the #2703 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 225 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Makiyah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,514 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Makiyah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 297 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Makiyah in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Makiyah 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 3,486 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.