Makel

Q: Where does Makel come from?

Makel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, probably a variant of Michael.

Gender: Boy
Say it: MAY-kel
Origin: Hebrew
US rank, 2025: #10,690 for boys

Makel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).

Where does Makel come from?

Hebrew: probably a variant of Michael

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

Makel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Makel in the US?

Rank in 2025: 10,690th among boys
Babies in 2025: 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
Five-year trend: Falling down 30% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Makel, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 52 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.

2025 had the fewest boys named Makel since it first appeared, in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Makel in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

1996Busiest: 52 in 20052025

Makel in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	6	#10,690
2024	11	#7,252
2023	15	#5,922
2022	9	#8,293
2021	15	#5,771
2020	12	#6,616
2019	17	#5,336
2018	17	#5,316
2017	14	#6,056
2016	22	#4,469
2015	19	#4,888
2014	28	#3,691
2013	27	#3,751
2012	28	#3,711
2011	39	#2,949
2010	31	#3,452
2009	42	#2,846
2008	31	#3,483
2007	48	#2,564
2006	44	#2,658
2005	52	#2,261
2004	43	#2,527
2003	32	#2,989
2002	21	#3,904
2001	29	#3,056
2000	27	#3,144
1999	25	#3,178
1998	22	#3,386
1997	18	#3,733
1996	7	#7,129