Makira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-KEE-ruh
Makira is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Is Makira a girl's or a boy's name?
Makira is a girls' name.
How popular is Makira in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Makira in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Makira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Names like Makira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Amira Safa Samira Zahara Zamira Salma Zaira Zaniyah Kaliyah Aliya Zahira
Names related to Makira
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, “Makira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makira, updated 20 October 2026.