girl's name
Makaelyn
- Gender Girl
- Letters 8
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 165
Makaelyn is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2014, when 17 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 552,792 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1998.
Makaelyn over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 |
| 2000s | 81 |
| 2010s | 67 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 12 |
How popular is Makaelyn?
In 2025, Makaelyn was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Makaelyn
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Makaelyn also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Makaelyn over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Makaelyn
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Makaelyn — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Makaelyn
How popular is the name Makaelyn?
In 2025, Makaelyn was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Makaelyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Makaelyn is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Makaelyn most popular?
Makaelyn peaked in 2014, when 17 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
Is Makaelyn a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Makaelyn currently ranks #14,500 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.