Makaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-KAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Makaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
Where does Makaya come from?
Modern: invented name, perhaps from Ma- and Kaya
Is Makaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Makaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Makaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Makaya, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 71 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Makaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Makaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 34 | #4,294 |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,150 |
| 2010 | 47 | #3,408 |
| 2009 | 45 | #3,560 |
| 2008 | 65 | #2,773 |
| 2007 | 71 | #2,597 |
| 2006 | 61 | #2,850 |
| 2005 | 55 | #2,931 |
| 2004 | 59 | #2,738 |
| 2003 | 57 | #2,734 |
| 2002 | 64 | #2,464 |
| 2001 | 49 | #2,920 |
| 2000 | 41 | #3,266 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
Names like Makaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amaya, Kaliyah, Malaya, Anaya, Aaliyah, Araya, Maya, Jaliyah, Alaya, Zaniyah, Janiyah, Amira
Names related to Makaya
Makiya, Makaiah, Makaia, Makaiya, Makya, Makyah, Makaiyah, Makia
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Makaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makaya, updated 20 October 2026.