NameTides

Makenna

Makenna was the #593 girls' name in the US in 2025 (495 babies), and #523 in Canada.

Makenna as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Makenna 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Makenna 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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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#593 (495)—#523 (58)
2024#522 (589)—#753 (39)
2023#474 (649)—#729 (38)
2022#398 (788)—#531 (54)
2021#366 (844)#5,581 (3)#521 (56)
2020#402 (775)—#556 (52)
2019#376 (833)—#532 (59)
2018#328 (989)—#484 (66)
2017#333 (979)#5,765 (3)#454 (72)
2016#318 (1,025)—#350 (98)
2015#289 (1,117)#5,730 (3)#347 (98)
2014#283 (1,149)—#424 (77)
2013#248 (1,293)—#375 (87)
2012#229 (1,386)—#304 (107)
2011#219 (1,451)#5,785 (3)#275 (121)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2005 at #213.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1982.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,200 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 3,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Makenna is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,400 to 1 in 3,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Makenna by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #447WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: #402IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #422MNIllinois: #927ILMichigan: #351MINew York: #679NYMassachusetts: #624MAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #437IAIndiana: #305INOhio: #358OHPennsylvania: #374PANew Jersey: #1,036NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #777CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #536CONebraska: #200NEMissouri: #556MOKentucky: #443KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #704VAMaryland: #600MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #497TNNorth Carolina: #601NCSouth Carolina: #560SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #483OKLouisiana: #426LAMississippi: #384MSAlabama: #391ALGeorgia: #581GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #820TXFlorida: #674FL
Makenna (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#93212

Makenna (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
MakennaCanadaGirls#52358
MakennaEngland & WalesGirls—too few
MakennaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MakennaUSGirls#593495
MakennaUSBoys—too few