Makyla
Makyla was the 5500th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 23 babies. Its best year was 2005, when it ranked 1361st with 160 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,734 places. More babies were named Makyla in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,500 girls, down 76 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 23girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2005160 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,418babies recorded
Makyla popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,500 | 23 |
| 2020 | #5,424 | 23 |
| 2010 | #1,730 | 121 |
| 2000 | #1,960 | 86 |
| 1990 | #14,326 | 5 |
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How popular is Makyla, counting every spelling?
Makyla is the most common spelling of a name family that had 31 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 31 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makyla | 23 | #5,500 | 105 |
| Makylah | 8 | #11,543 | 34 |
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 Makyla?
23 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Makyla (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Makyla 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 363 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Makyla.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Makyla?
About 2,400 people born in the US named Makyla are alive today, with a median age of 19; half are between 14 and 24. That makes Makyla 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.
Makyla by state
How common Makyla was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls 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 Makyla
How popular is the name Makyla?
Makyla was the 5500th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 23 babies. Its best year was 2005, when it ranked 1361st with 160 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,734 places. More babies were named Makyla in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Makyla a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Makyla in the US.
Where is Makyla most popular?
In 2021–2025, Makyla was most common in Texas (0.01 per 1,000 girls).