Makara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-KAR-uh
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Makara is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Makara mean?
Sanskrit: Sanskrit word; also a modern blend of Ma- and Kara
In Hindu mythology the makara is a sea creature, the mount of the river goddess Ganga; it also names Capricorn.
Is Makara a girl's or a boy's name?
Makara is a girls' name.
How popular is Makara in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Makara in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Makara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
Nicknames for Makara
- Kara 36 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Makara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira Maya Amaya Samira Sahana Anaya Isha Aaliyah Malaya Samaya Zahara Mahika
Names related to Makara
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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, “Makara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makara, updated 20 October 2026.