Makiyah Girl
How popular is Makiyah?
#2,957 girl name in 2025
56 baby girls were named Makiyah in the US in 2025, making it the 2957th most popular girl name.
Makiyah popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,957 for girls (▼ 263 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 56 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-59% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,580 in 2015, #2,005 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (226 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,137 in 2008 |
| First recorded | 1994 |
| 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 |
Makiyah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Makiyah family of names ranked #1,728 for girls in 2025 (#1,550 the year before), with 85 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Makiyah | 56 | 66% |
| Makiya | 29 | 34% |
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 Makiyah is most popular
Babies named Makiyah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alabama: 0.2 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (28 girls)
- Missouri: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Virginia: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- South Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Makiyah by decade
Girl names about as popular as Makiyah
Questions
- Is Makiyah a boy or girl name?
- Makiyah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Makiyah were girls.
- How popular is the name Makiyah?
- 56 baby girls were named Makiyah in the US in 2025, making it the 2957th most popular girl name.
- When was Makiyah most popular?
- Makiyah peaked in 2008, when 226 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,137 in 2008.
- How many people are named Makiyah?
- 3,568 babies have been named Makiyah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,542 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Makiyah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Makiyah was most common in Alabama, at 0.2 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.