Makena Girl
How popular is Makena?
#2,719 girl name in 2025
63 baby girls were named Makena in the US in 2025, making it the 2719th most popular girl name.
Makena popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,719 for girls (▼ 708 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 63 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-72% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,126 in 2015, #1,704 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2005 (381 girls) |
| Highest rank | #717 in 2005 |
| First recorded | 1984 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Makena counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Makenna family of names ranked #471 for girls in 2025 (#411 the year before), with 612 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Makena is most popular
Babies named Makena per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 1.2 per 1,000 (14 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (122 girls)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Arizona: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (29 girls)
Makena by decade
Girl names about as popular as Makena
Questions
- Is Makena a boy or girl name?
- Makena is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Makena were girls.
- How popular is the name Makena?
- 63 baby girls were named Makena in the US in 2025, making it the 2719th most popular girl name.
- When was Makena most popular?
- Makena peaked in 2005, when 381 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #717 in 2005.
- How many people are named Makena?
- 6,652 babies have been named Makena in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,595 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Makena most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Makena was most common in Hawaii, at 1.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.