Makaiyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-KY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Makaiyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Makaiyah come from?
Modern: spelling of Makaiya; modern coinage of uncertain origin
Meaning borrowed from Makaiya.
Is Makaiyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Makaiyah is a girls' name.
How popular is Makaiyah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Makaiyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Makaiyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
Names like Makaiyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah Kaliyah Aaliyah Zaliyah Jaliyah Alaiyah Aziyah Kamiyah Hadassah Naziyah Jaziyah Zariah
Names related to Makaiyah
More Modern names
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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, “Makaiyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makaiyah, updated 20 October 2026.