Makaia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-KYE-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Makaia is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
Where does Makaia come from?
Modern: modern coinage
Is Makaia a girl's or a boy's name?
Makaia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Makaia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 133% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Makaia, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Makaia in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Makaia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
Names like Makaia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Malani Kaylani Meilani Milani Kaliyah Ailany Noa Kailani Alani Kehlani Zariah Kalani
Names related to Makaia
More Modern names
Jayden Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn Ailani
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, “Makaia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makaia, updated 20 October 2026.