Makala
Makala is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 777th, in 1998.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1998277 births
- Best rank
- #777in 1998
- Since 1971
- 3,398people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,398 girls have been named Makala in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 277 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 277 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 2000s alone account for 44%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1998, its biggest year
Makala was the 777th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1998 were Emily, Hannah, Samantha, Sarah and Ashley. See all of 1998.
Names that rose and fell with Makala
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mykalapeak 2000
- Shiannpeak 1998
- Tatyannapeak 1999
- Tytianapeak 1999
- Destanypeak 1999
- Shiannepeak 1997
- Michaylapeak 1997
- Lexispeak 1998
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.