NameTides

Makena

Makena was the #2,719 girls' name in the US in 2025 (63 babies), and #1,668 in Canada.

Makena as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Makena as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Makena as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,719 (63)—#1,668 (14)
2024#2,011 (97)—#2,259 (9)
2023#1,774 (115)—#1,419 (16)
2022#1,870 (108)—#1,252 (19)
2021#1,768 (115)—#1,454 (16)
2020#1,704 (119)—#942 (28)
2019#1,465 (150)—#1,032 (25)
2018#1,284 (178)#5,666 (3)#1,089 (23)
2017#1,182 (207)—#836 (33)
2016#1,132 (224)—#1,109 (23)
2015#1,126 (226)—#951 (27)
2014#1,215 (201)—#1,187 (21)
2013#994 (252)—#739 (38)
2012#988 (255)—#785 (35)
2011#1,045 (236)—#850 (31)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2005 at #717.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1984.

How common is it?

about 1 in 26,000 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 26,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Makena is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 24,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 17,000 to 1 in 34,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Makena by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,361CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: #114HITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Makena (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MakenaCanadaGirls#1,66814
MakenaEngland & WalesGirls—too few
MakenaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MakenaUSGirls#2,71963
MakenaUSBoys—too few