Recorded 1996–2000 Girls' name Peak 2000 18 births

Maquela — girls' name

18 babies named Maquela in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s112000s7
1990s
Peak decade

61% of everyone ever named Maquela was born in this single decade.

2000
Single peak year

7 babies were named Maquela in 2000 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Maquela

The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Maquela between 1996 and 2000, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maquela currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maquela performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Maquela shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maquela 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 18 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.

Maquela at a glance

Last recorded 2000

Total births

18

Since 1996

5 years of records

Peak year

2000

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2000

Active since

1996

Recorded for 5 years

Last year on file: 2000

Maquela popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1996

Last recorded 2000
Peak year (2000)
7
Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 200019971996 6

Maquela by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
11 births that decade — 61% of Maquela's all-time total
1990s112000s7

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Maquela?
18 babies have been named Maquela since 1996. It was last recorded in 2000. The peak year was 2000 with 7 births.
When was Maquela most popular?
Maquela was most popular in the 1990s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 2000.
How long has the name Maquela been used?
Maquela has been recorded in Social Security data since 1996, spanning 5 years of data through 2000.
What names are similar to Maquela?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Maquita, Maquel, Maquisha, Maquetta. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1996–2000 (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.