Makeyla
Girl · ma-KAY-la · Hebrew
Makeyla is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Makeyla mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Mikayla, a form of Michaela
“who is like God?”
A respelling of Michaela, the feminine of Michael, the archangel's name in the Bible.
- Say it
- ma-KAY-la
Is Makeyla a girl's or a boy's name?
Makeyla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Makeyla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Makeyla, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Makeyla than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Makeyla in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 574 girls in the US were given Makeyla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #526, up from #10,104 for this spelling alone.
Makeyla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 30 | #4,804 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
Nicknames for Makeyla
- Kayla 133 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Makeyla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noa Meilani Malani Kailani Kaylani Milani Kalani Alani Kehlani Nalani Ailany Naylani
Other spellings of Makeyla
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