Makila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-KEE-luh
- Origin
- Modern
Makila is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Makila come from?
Modern: modern name, perhaps a variant of Makayla
Is Makila a girl's or a boy's name?
Makila is a girls' name.
How popular is Makila in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Makila in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Makila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
Names like Makila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Kaliyah, Amira, Samira, Makayla, Zaniyah, Jaliyah, Salma, Safa, Zahara, Zaira, Zaniya
Names related to Makila
Mikayla, Mikaela, Makaila, Makyla, Mikaylah, Mikaella, Makeyla, Mickayla
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, “Makila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makila, updated 20 October 2026.