Makana
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- ma-KAH-na
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #5,044 for boys
Makana is a name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “gift; present”. In 2025 it ranked 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
What does Makana mean?
Hawaiian
“gift; present”
Is Makana a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Makana has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 19 boys in the US.
How popular is Makana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,044th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Makana, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1986. 6 girls were also named Makana in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
2025 had more boys named Makana than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Makana in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2024, 48% of the babies named Makana in the US were girls.
Makana in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,009 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
Names like Makana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Makoa, Koa, Keanu, Mustafa, Kainoa, Musa, Kaleo, Kai, Hamza, Nakoa, Armani, Dakota
Names related to Makana
More Hawaiian names
Leilani, Kailani, Kalani, Nalani, Makai, Koah, Meilani, Kailany, Leilany, Laylani, Lani, Luana, Leylani, Lailani, Alakai, Kaelani
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, “Makana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makana, updated 20 October 2026.