Makana
Makana was the 5137th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 19 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 3739th with 29 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,041 places. More babies were named Makana in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,137 boys, up 4,102 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 19boys
- Girls and boys
- 42% girls, 58% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201629 babies
- Total since 1880
- 860babies recorded
Makana popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #14,285 | #5,137 | 6 | 19 |
| 2020 | #12,977 | #9,239 | 7 | 8 |
| 2010 | #9,039 | #5,166 | 13 | 18 |
| 2000 | #12,618 | #4,154 | 7 | 19 |
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How popular is Makana, counting every spelling?
Makana has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Makana?
19 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Makana (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Makana born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 439 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Makana.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Makana?
About 500 people born in the US named Makana are alive today, with a median age of 17; half are between 10 and 24. That makes Makana mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Makana by state
How common Makana was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Hawaii (204.2×). In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Makana
How popular is the name Makana?
Makana was the 5137th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 19 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 3739th with 29 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,041 places. More babies were named Makana in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Makana a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 42% girls, 58% boys given the name Makana in the US.
Where is Makana most popular?
In 2021–2025, Makana was most common in Hawaii (1.87 per 1,000 boys).