Makayla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-KAY-la
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,460 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #566 for girls
Makayla is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 1,460th for girls in the UK (22 babies) and 566th for girls in the US (530 babies).
What does Makayla mean?
Hebrew: modern respelling of Michaela, from Michael
“who is like God?”
A modern American respelling of Michaela, the feminine of Michael.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Makayla a girl's or a boy's name?
Makayla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the UK and 530 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Makayla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,460th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the UK were named Makayla, making it the 1,460th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,431st. Its busiest year was 2011, with 62 girls.
2025 had more girls named Makayla than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Makayla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,407th in England and Wales.
Makayla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #1,460 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,592 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,728 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,730 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,553 |
| 2020 | 23 | #1,431 |
| 2019 | 40 | #960 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,468 |
| 2017 | 34 | #1,104 |
| 2016 | 25 | #1,410 |
| 2015 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 2014 | 34 | #1,100 |
| 2013 | 38 | #1,022 |
| 2012 | 54 | #785 |
| 2011 | 62 | #699 |
| 2010 | 47 | #831 |
| 2009 | 43 | #864 |
| 2008 | 60 | #670 |
| 2007 | 39 | #880 |
| 2006 | 42 | #798 |
| 2005 | 37 | #825 |
| 2004 | 37 | #814 |
| 2003 | 21 | #1,156 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,225 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Makayla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 566th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 530 about 1 in 3,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 530 girls in the US were named Makayla, making it the 566th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 325th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 5,957 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 15 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Makayla than any year since 1992.
Half of all the girls named Makayla in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 574 girls in the US were given Makayla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #526, up from #566 for this spelling alone.
Makayla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 530 | #566 |
| 2024 | 562 | #540 |
| 2023 | 683 | #450 |
| 2022 | 797 | #392 |
| 2021 | 880 | #355 |
| 2020 | 954 | #325 |
| 2019 | 1,265 | #261 |
| 2018 | 1,376 | #232 |
| 2017 | 1,506 | #205 |
| 2016 | 1,946 | #165 |
| 2015 | 2,263 | #143 |
| 2014 | 2,591 | #123 |
| 2013 | 3,297 | #94 |
| 2012 | 3,774 | #70 |
| 2011 | 4,460 | #56 |
| 2010 | 5,397 | #43 |
| 2009 | 5,269 | #44 |
| 2008 | 5,957 | #37 |
| 2007 | 5,428 | #47 |
| 2006 | 5,652 | #45 |
| 2005 | 5,727 | #44 |
| 2004 | 5,666 | #47 |
| 2003 | 5,580 | #51 |
| 2002 | 5,476 | #50 |
| 2001 | 5,318 | #54 |
| 2000 | 4,917 | #67 |
| 1999 | 4,791 | #66 |
| 1998 | 4,365 | #71 |
| 1997 | 3,345 | #102 |
| 1996 | 2,463 | #129 |
| 1995 | 1,911 | #164 |
| 1994 | 1,503 | #199 |
| 1993 | 762 | #339 |
| 1992 | 415 | #564 |
| 1991 | 276 | #751 |
| 1990 | 252 | #795 |
| 1989 | 207 | #884 |
| 1988 | 92 | #1,476 |
| 1987 | 68 | #1,747 |
| 1986 | 47 | #2,194 |
| 1985 | 44 | #2,282 |
| 1984 | 43 | #2,265 |
| 1983 | 31 | #2,782 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 26 | #3,253 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,679 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
Names like Makayla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Layla, Noa, Amira, Safa, Khadija, Ayla, Aaliyah, Maya, Maryam, Mia, Hafsa, Hawa
Other spellings of Makayla
Names related to Makayla
Mikayla, Mckayla, Macayla, Makala, Makyla, Makaela, Mykayla, Makaylee
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Makayla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makayla, updated 20 October 2026.