Makela peaked in the US in 1996 at #5,065, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Makela as a girl’s name
US
Canada
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
Canada
2017
#14,124 (6)
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2013
#16,547 (5)
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2011
#13,347 (7)
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2009
#12,429 (8)
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2008
#12,579 (8)
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2007
#9,007 (13)
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2006
#9,901 (11)
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2005
#9,452 (11)
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2004
#9,892 (10)
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2003
#6,055 (19)
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2002
#8,280 (12)
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2001
#6,956 (15)
#2,573 (5)
2000
#7,158 (14)
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1999
#5,661 (18)
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1998
#7,104 (13)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1996 at #5,065.
First recorded in the US in 1970.
Spellings
Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.