Makaela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mah-KAY-lah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Makaela is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Makaela mean?
Hebrew: variant spelling of Michaela
“who is like God?”
A spelling of Michaela, the feminine form of Michael, the name of the archangel.
Is Makaela a girl's or a boy's name?
Makaela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Makaela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Makaela, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 1998, with 145 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
2025 had fewer girls named Makaela than any year since 1989.
Half of all the girls named Makaela in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Makaela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,161 |
| 2018 | 34 | #4,143 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,574 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,996 |
| 2015 | 53 | #3,129 |
| 2014 | 44 | #3,547 |
| 2013 | 71 | #2,508 |
| 2012 | 80 | #2,336 |
| 2011 | 107 | #1,874 |
| 2010 | 130 | #1,639 |
| 2009 | 126 | #1,733 |
| 2008 | 124 | #1,774 |
| 2007 | 118 | #1,804 |
| 2006 | 113 | #1,809 |
| 2005 | 92 | #2,029 |
| 2004 | 115 | #1,683 |
| 2003 | 126 | #1,533 |
| 2002 | 124 | #1,519 |
| 2001 | 140 | #1,359 |
| 2000 | 138 | #1,354 |
| 1999 | 129 | #1,369 |
| 1998 | 145 | #1,252 |
| 1997 | 136 | #1,286 |
| 1996 | 94 | #1,623 |
| 1995 | 109 | #1,463 |
| 1994 | 67 | #2,054 |
| 1993 | 42 | #2,820 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
Nicknames for Makaela
Names like Makaela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noa, Mikayla, Kailani, Kalani, Alani, Nalani, Kaylani, Meilani, Layla, Mckenna, Malani, Milani
Names related to Makaela
Makayla, Mikaela, Makaylah, Makaila, Makaylee, Mackayla, Makeyla, Mykaela
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Makaela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makaela, updated 20 October 2026.