Makinley Girl
How popular is Makinley?
#4,986 girl name in 2025
26 baby girls were named Makinley in the US in 2025, making it the 4986th most popular girl name.
Makinley popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,986 for girls (▼ 948 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 26 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-75% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,964 in 2015, #2,890 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2013 (174 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,338 in 2013 |
| First recorded | 1996 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Makinley counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Makinley family of names ranked #2,369 for girls in 2025 (#1,821 the year before), with 50 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Makinley | 26 | 52% |
| Makynlee | 11 | 22% |
| Mackinley | 13 | 26% |
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 Makinley is most popular
Babies named Makinley per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alabama: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Kentucky: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
Makinley by decade
Girl names about as popular as Makinley
Questions
- Is Makinley a boy or girl name?
- Makinley is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Makinley were girls.
- How popular is the name Makinley?
- 26 baby girls were named Makinley in the US in 2025, making it the 4986th most popular girl name.
- When was Makinley most popular?
- Makinley peaked in 2013, when 174 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,338 in 2013.
- How many people are named Makinley?
- 1,852 babies have been named Makinley in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,840 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Makinley most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Makinley was most common in Alabama, at 0.1 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.