Makaila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-KAY-la
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Makaila is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Makaila mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Michaela, feminine of Michael
“who is like God?”
A phonetic spelling of Michaela, the feminine form of Michael.
Is Makaila a girl's or a boy's name?
Makaila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Makaila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Makaila, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 310 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
2025 had fewer girls named Makaila than any year since 1988.
Half of all the girls named Makaila in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 574 girls in the US were given Makaila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #526, up from #8,360 for this spelling alone.
Makaila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 34 | #4,143 |
| 2017 | 53 | #3,053 |
| 2016 | 57 | #2,934 |
| 2015 | 87 | #2,169 |
| 2014 | 84 | #2,236 |
| 2013 | 96 | #2,020 |
| 2012 | 131 | #1,639 |
| 2011 | 198 | #1,210 |
| 2010 | 233 | #1,063 |
| 2009 | 233 | #1,091 |
| 2008 | 274 | #977 |
| 2007 | 310 | #893 |
| 2006 | 280 | #935 |
| 2005 | 304 | #835 |
| 2004 | 239 | #991 |
| 2003 | 253 | #930 |
| 2002 | 270 | #853 |
| 2001 | 284 | #819 |
| 2000 | 184 | #1,106 |
| 1999 | 187 | #1,069 |
| 1998 | 181 | #1,073 |
| 1997 | 148 | #1,210 |
| 1996 | 142 | #1,230 |
| 1995 | 105 | #1,498 |
| 1994 | 84 | #1,739 |
| 1993 | 43 | #2,763 |
| 1992 | 25 | #4,082 |
| 1991 | 25 | #4,053 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
Nicknames for Makaila
- Kaila 11 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Makaila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noa Kailani Kalani Nalani Alani Kaylani Meilani Malani Milani Layla Mikayla Kehlani
Other spellings of Makaila
Names related to Makaila
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, “Makaila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makaila, updated 20 October 2026.