NameTides

Makoa

Makoa was the #1,118 boys' name in the US in 2025 (191 babies), and #3,684 in England & Wales and #2,269 in Canada.

Makoa as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Makoa as a boy’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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Makoa as a boy’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.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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#1,118 (191)#3,684 (5)#2,269 (8)
2024#1,114 (192)—#2,238 (8)
2023#1,432 (127)#3,524 (5)#2,614 (6)
2022#1,322 (142)——
2021#1,870 (82)——
2020#2,094 (67)—#2,746 (5)
2019#2,656 (48)——
2018#3,055 (38)——
2017#2,840 (42)——
2016#3,111 (37)——
2015#3,022 (38)——
2014#3,371 (32)——
2013#3,864 (26)——
2012#3,530 (30)——
2011#4,110 (24)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,118.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1992.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,900 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 8,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Makoa is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,800 to 1 in 9,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Makoa by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #801WAIdaho: 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: #529ORNevada: 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: #845CAUtah: #703UTColorado: #626CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #844AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #842TNNorth Carolina: #1,144NCSouth 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: #1,216GAHawaii: #69HITexas: #1,217TXFlorida: #958FL
Makoa (boys) 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
MakoaCanadaBoys#2,2698
MakoaEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
MakoaUSGirls#11,9327
MakoaUSBoys#1,118191