Makeda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mah-KEH-dah
- Origin
- Amharic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Makeda is a girls' name of Amharic origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Makeda mean?
Amharic: Ethiopian name of the Queen of Sheba
In Ethiopia's Kebra Nagast, Makeda is the Queen of Sheba, whose son by King Solomon founded the Solomonic dynasty.
Is Makeda a girl's or a boy's name?
Makeda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Makeda in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Makeda in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Makeda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Makeda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Makeda, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 1985, with 85 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
2025 had fewer girls named Makeda than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Makeda in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Makeda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 27 | #4,829 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 33 | #4,259 |
| 2018 | 35 | #4,075 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,995 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,575 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 37 | #3,815 |
| 2003 | 33 | #4,030 |
| 2002 | 38 | #3,519 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 40 | #3,329 |
| 1999 | 38 | #3,310 |
| 1998 | 33 | #3,570 |
| 1997 | 45 | #2,730 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,961 |
| 1995 | 50 | #2,511 |
| 1994 | 37 | #3,093 |
| 1993 | 39 | #2,985 |
| 1992 | 51 | #2,483 |
| 1991 | 44 | #2,697 |
| 1990 | 55 | #2,284 |
| 1989 | 40 | #2,763 |
| 1988 | 41 | #2,592 |
| 1987 | 42 | #2,432 |
| 1986 | 38 | #2,563 |
| 1985 | 85 | #1,457 |
| 1984 | 35 | #2,624 |
| 1983 | 38 | #2,432 |
| 1982 | 30 | #2,958 |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,066 |
| 1980 | 30 | #2,940 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,442 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,009 |
| 1977 | 24 | #3,175 |
| 1976 | 35 | #2,334 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,513 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,773 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
Names like Makeda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Khadija, Amira, Aisha, Safa, Halima, Summer, Maya, Alisha, Amina, Aaliyah, Madiha, Maliha
Names related to Makeda
More Amharic names
Amare, Aryam, Gelila, Mahelet, Nolawi, Haset, Tafari, Bruk, Leul, Naod, Kidus, Melat, Haile, Menelik, Nuhamin, Meklit
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, “Makeda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makeda, updated 20 October 2026.