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Makaylin

Gender
Girl
Say it
muh-KAY-lin
Origin
Hebrew

Makaylin is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Makaylin mean?

Hebrew: modern spelling of Makayla, a feminine form of Michael, with -lin

“who is like God?”

A modern spelling in the Makayla family, which are all feminine forms of Michael.

Is Makaylin a girl's or a boy's name?

Makaylin is a girls' name.

How popular is Makaylin 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 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Makaylin in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.

1996Busiest: 33 in 20092023
Makaylin in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20236#13,456
20220–
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20179#10,685
20160–
201513#8,443
201420#6,205
20139#10,995
201226#5,251
201122#5,932
201019#6,638
200933#4,481
200824#5,747
200724#5,706
200617#7,140
200514#7,886
200424#5,204
200315#7,202
200223#5,082
200113#7,717
200014#7,152
19999#9,472
19985#14,116
19978#9,797
19968#9,576

Names like Makaylin

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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, “Makaylin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makaylin, updated 20 October 2026.