girl's name
Makaia
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 394
Makaia is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 18 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2024, when 33 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 184,196 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1997.
Makaia 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 | 20 |
| 2000s | 159 |
| 2010s | 99 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 116 |
How popular is Makaia?
In 2025, Makaia was given to 18 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 Makaia
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Makaia also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Makaia over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Makaia
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Makaia — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Makaia
How popular is the name Makaia?
In 2025, Makaia was given to 18 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Makaia a girl's or a boy's name?
Makaia is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Makaia most popular?
Makaia peaked in 2024, when 33 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
Is Makaia a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Makaia currently ranks #6,414 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.