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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Makala

Makala was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1998, when it ranked 777th with 277 babies. More babies were named Makala in the 2000s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1998277 babies
Total since 1880
3,403babies recorded

Makala popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 2004.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020#10,8039
2010#2,19589
2000#1,072194
1990#3,26634
1980#6,58510
1970——
1960——
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
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1880——

How popular is Makala, counting every spelling?

Makala has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Makala?

About 3,300 people born in the US named Makala are alive today, with a median age of 26; half are between 21 and 29. That makes Makala mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Makala by state

How common Makala was among girls born in each state in 1996–2000, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (3.4×), South Carolina (3.4×), North Carolina (3.2×), Tennessee (2.8×), Oklahoma (2.6×). In 22 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesWI0.13Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesWA0.08Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesMN0.10Illinois: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesIL0.09Michigan: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesMI0.23New York: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesNY0.02Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesOR0.06Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesIA0.07Indiana: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesIN0.17Ohio: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesOH0.24Pennsylvania: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesPA0.07New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesCA0.05Utah: 0.30 per 1,000 babiesUT0.30Colorado: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesCO0.04Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesMO0.18Kentucky: 0.31 per 1,000 babiesKY0.31West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesVA0.19Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesKS0.08Arkansas: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesAR0.24Tennessee: 0.36 per 1,000 babiesTN0.36North Carolina: 0.40 per 1,000 babiesNC0.40South Carolina: 0.42 per 1,000 babiesSC0.42District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.33 per 1,000 babiesOK0.33Louisiana: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesLA0.16Mississippi: 0.42 per 1,000 babiesMS0.42Alabama: 0.32 per 1,000 babiesAL0.32Georgia: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesGA0.17Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesTX0.10Florida: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesFL0.10
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Makala, girls, 1996–2000. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Makala: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Makala, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Makala

How popular is the name Makala?

Makala was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1998, when it ranked 777th with 277 babies. More babies were named Makala in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Is Makala a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Makala in the US.

Where was Makala most popular?

In 1996–2000, Makala was most common in Mississippi (0.42 per 1,000 girls), followed by South Carolina and North Carolina.