boy's name

Makale

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 225

Makale is a boy's name. In 2015 it was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2005, when 21 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1991.

Makale over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2015, not a full ten years.

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'90 '00 '10
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Births named Makale by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1990s 19
2000s 131
2010s (to 2015) 55

How popular is Makale?

In 2015, Makale was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Makale is used

France as Makalé #3,730 10 in 2025
United States #8,345 9 in 2015

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

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.

How Makale is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Makalé Makalé is a rare spelling of Makale, written with an acute accent and recorded about 15 times, mostly in France. 15

Names that peaked alongside Makale

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Makale also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Makale over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Makale

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Makale — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Makale

How popular is the name Makale?

In 2015, Makale was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Makale a girl's or a boy's name?

Makale is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Makale most popular?

Makale peaked in 2005, when 21 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.

Is Makale a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Makale currently ranks #3,730 in the United States. It has largely dropped out of use. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.