Makiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-KY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,660 for girls
Makiya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,660th for girls in the US (29 babies).
Where does Makiya come from?
Modern: spelling of Makiyah; modern coinage with the -iyah ending, perhaps from Makayla
Meaning borrowed from Makiyah.
Is Makiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Makiya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Makiya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,660th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29 about 1 in 55,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the US were named Makiya, making it the 4,660th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,399th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 206 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Makiya in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 85 girls in the US were given Makiya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,892, up from #4,660 for this spelling alone.
- Makiyah 56
- Makiya 29
Makiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2024 | 27 | #4,890 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,909 |
| 2022 | 30 | #4,579 |
| 2021 | 50 | #3,215 |
| 2020 | 45 | #3,399 |
| 2019 | 47 | #3,336 |
| 2018 | 44 | #3,496 |
| 2017 | 45 | #3,435 |
| 2016 | 66 | #2,643 |
| 2015 | 64 | #2,736 |
| 2014 | 71 | #2,515 |
| 2013 | 123 | #1,695 |
| 2012 | 111 | #1,823 |
| 2011 | 137 | #1,588 |
| 2010 | 140 | #1,569 |
| 2009 | 183 | #1,317 |
| 2008 | 166 | #1,426 |
| 2007 | 190 | #1,288 |
| 2006 | 196 | #1,227 |
| 2005 | 196 | #1,173 |
| 2004 | 206 | #1,106 |
| 2003 | 174 | #1,217 |
| 2002 | 152 | #1,287 |
| 2001 | 142 | #1,347 |
| 2000 | 132 | #1,400 |
| 1999 | 69 | #2,179 |
| 1998 | 55 | #2,495 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
Names like Makiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Zaniyah, Kaliyah, Aliya, Zaniya, Jaliyah, Safiya, Zariya, Hadassah, Safa, Kamiyah, Amira
Other spellings of Makiya
Names related to Makiya
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, “Makiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makiya, updated 20 October 2026.