Makenlee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-KEN-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Makenlee is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
Where does Makenlee come from?
Modern: blend of Makenna and the -lee ending
Is Makenlee a girl's or a boy's name?
Makenlee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Makenlee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Makenlee, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
2025 had fewer girls named Makenlee than any year since 2006.
Half of all the girls named Makenlee in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Makenlee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,352 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
Nicknames for Makenlee
- Kenlee 44 girls in the US in 2025
Names like Makenlee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynlee, Rynlee, Brylee, Braylee, Braelynn, Novalee, Teagan, Brenlee, Lakelynn, Oaklynn, Renesmee, Mckenna
Names related to Makenlee
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, “Makenlee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makenlee, updated 20 October 2026.