Makiah
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- ma-KY-ah
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Unisex
Makiah is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
Where does Makiah come from?
Modern: probably a variant of Micah or Makayla
Is Makiah a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Makiah has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls and 25 boys in the US.
How popular is Makiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Makiah, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,356th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 170 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991. 25 boys were also named Makiah in 2025 (4,138th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Makiah than any year since 1994.
Half of all the girls named Makiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 49 girls in the US were given Makiah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,594, up from #7,489 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 81% of the babies named Makiah in the US in 1995, and 36% in 2025.
Makiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 27 | #4,890 |
| 2023 | 33 | #4,274 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,200 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,603 |
| 2020 | 31 | #4,356 |
| 2019 | 36 | #4,005 |
| 2018 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2017 | 45 | #3,435 |
| 2016 | 50 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 52 | #3,177 |
| 2014 | 58 | #2,920 |
| 2013 | 79 | #2,326 |
| 2012 | 69 | #2,597 |
| 2011 | 80 | #2,326 |
| 2010 | 106 | #1,897 |
| 2009 | 127 | #1,727 |
| 2008 | 133 | #1,677 |
| 2007 | 170 | #1,402 |
| 2006 | 142 | #1,539 |
| 2005 | 128 | #1,589 |
| 2004 | 117 | #1,653 |
| 2003 | 125 | #1,541 |
| 2002 | 111 | #1,653 |
| 2001 | 97 | #1,815 |
| 2000 | 69 | #2,254 |
| 1999 | 58 | #2,468 |
| 1998 | 47 | #2,795 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
Nicknames for Makiah
Names like Makiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Zaniyah Kaliyah Jaliyah Zariah Hadassah Kamiyah Zaliyah Aziyah Aziah Taliyah Alaiyah
Other spellings of Makiah
Names related to Makiah
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, “Makiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makiah, updated 20 October 2026.