Makylah — #16106 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Makylah

The Social Security Administration has registered 543 babies named Makylah between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Makylah currently holds the #16106 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 43 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Makylah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 267 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Makylah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Makylah in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Makylah 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 543 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.