Makoa
Makoa was the 1119th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 191 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1118th with 192 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,942 places. More babies were named Makoa in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,119 boys, up 987 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 191boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024192 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,487babies recorded
Makoa popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 7 since 2025, 7 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,119 | 191 |
| 2020 | #2,106 | 67 |
| 2010 | #3,865 | 27 |
| 2000 | #5,219 | 14 |
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How popular is Makoa, counting every spelling?
Makoa is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,027 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,119 for Makoa on its own. Together these spellings went to 201 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makoa | 191 | #1,119 | 734 |
| Makoah | 10 | #8,015 | 28 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Makoa?
191 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Makoa (0.05 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Makoa 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 44 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Makoa.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Makoa?
About 1,500 people born in the US named Makoa are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 2 and 15. That makes Makoa a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Makoa by state
How common Makoa was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Hawaii (62.1×), Washington (2.5×), California (1.5×). In 32 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
These names rose and fell in step with Makoa: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Makoa, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Makoa
How popular is the name Makoa?
Makoa was the 1119th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 191 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1118th with 192 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,942 places. More babies were named Makoa in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Makoa a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Makoa in the US.
Where is Makoa most popular?
In 2021–2025, Makoa was most common in Hawaii (5.28 per 1,000 boys), followed by Oregon and Washington.