Makayla Girl
How popular is Makayla?
#566 girl name in 2025
530 baby girls were named Makayla in the US in 2025, making it the 566th most popular girl name.
Makayla popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #566 for girls (▼ 26 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 530 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-77% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #143 in 2015, #325 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (5,957 girls) |
| Highest rank | #37 in 2008 |
| First recorded | 1971 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Makayla counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Makayla family of names ranked #516 for girls in 2025 (#477 the year before), with 565 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Makayla is most popular
Babies named Makayla per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 1.2 per 1,000 (58 girls)
- Delaware: 0.9 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Maryland: 0.8 per 1,000 (84 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.8 per 1,000 (143 girls)
- Georgia: 0.7 per 1,000 (167 girls)
Makayla by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 83 | #4,679 |
| 1980s | 593 | #884 |
| 1990s | 20,083 | #66 |
| 2000s | 54,990 | #37 |
| 2010s | 27,875 | #43 |
| 2020s | 4,406 | #325 |
Girl names about as popular as Makayla
Questions
- Is Makayla a boy or girl name?
- Makayla is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Makayla were girls.
- How popular is the name Makayla?
- 530 baby girls were named Makayla in the US in 2025, making it the 566th most popular girl name.
- When was Makayla most popular?
- Makayla peaked in 2008, when 5,957 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #37 in 2008.
- How many people are named Makayla?
- 108,183 babies have been named Makayla in the US since 1880. We estimate about 107,164 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Makayla most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Makayla was most common in Mississippi, at 1.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.