NameTides

Makayla

Makayla was the #566 girls' name in the US in 2025 (530 babies), and #1,407 in England & Wales and #611 in Canada.

Makayla as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Makayla as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaIrelandEngland & Wales
Makayla as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#566 (530)#1,407 (22)——#608 (5)#611 (49)——
2024#540 (562)#1,541 (20)——#898 (3)#719 (41)——
2023#450 (683)#1,774 (16)———#666 (43)——
2022#392 (797)#1,685 (17)——#747 (4)#653 (43)——
2021#355 (880)#1,454 (21)——#883 (3)#424 (73)——
2020#325 (954)#1,507 (20)#765 (3)—#834 (3)#432 (69)——
2019#261 (1,265)#1,017 (34)#493 (6)—#502 (7)#324 (98)——
2018#232 (1,376)#1,526 (20)#809 (3)—#512 (7)#357 (92)——
2017#205 (1,506)#1,144 (30)#666 (4)—#396 (10)#299 (109)——
2016#165 (1,946)#1,416 (23)——#390 (11)#308 (108)——
2015#143 (2,263)#1,549 (20)#806 (3)—#378 (12)#249 (132)——
2014#123 (2,591)#1,204 (28)#537 (6)—#661 (5)#188 (176)——
2013#94 (3,297)#1,048 (34)#663 (4)—#340 (14)#165 (193)——
2012#70 (3,774)#749 (53)——#317 (16)#124 (241)——
2011#56 (4,460)#692 (56)#515 (6)—#240 (22)#115 (259)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2008 at #37.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1971.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Makayla is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,300 to 1 in 3,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Makayla by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #597MNIllinois: #515ILMichigan: #457MINew York: #758NYMassachusetts: #519MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #374NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #651INOhio: #483OHPennsylvania: #386PANew Jersey: #372NJConnecticut: #459CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #503CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #520VAMaryland: #304MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #676AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #645TNNorth Carolina: #560NCSouth Carolina: #688SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #597LAMississippi: #441MSAlabama: #481ALGeorgia: #349GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #511TXFlorida: #531FL
Makayla (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#59021
Quebec2025#6696

Makayla (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MakaylaCanadaGirls#61149
MakaylaEngland & WalesGirls#1,40722
MakaylaIrelandGirls#6085
MakaylaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MakaylaNSWGirls—too few
MakaylaScotlandGirls—too few
MakaylaUSGirls#566530
MakaylaUSBoys—too few
MakaylaVICGirls—too few