Makiyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-KY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,957 for girls
Makiyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,957th for girls in the US (56 babies).
Where does Makiyah come from?
Modern: modern coinage with the -iyah ending, perhaps from Makayla
Is Makiyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Makiyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 56 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Makiyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,957th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 56 about 1 in 29,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 56 girls in the US were named Makiyah, making it the 2,957th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,005th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 226 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Makiyah than any year since 2000.
Half of all the girls named Makiyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 85 girls in the US were given Makiyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,892, up from #2,957 for this spelling alone.
- Makiyah 56
- Makiya 29
Makiyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #2,957 |
| 2024 | 64 | #2,694 |
| 2023 | 68 | #2,588 |
| 2022 | 78 | #2,364 |
| 2021 | 93 | #2,057 |
| 2020 | 93 | #2,005 |
| 2019 | 103 | #1,919 |
| 2018 | 127 | #1,656 |
| 2017 | 117 | #1,779 |
| 2016 | 116 | #1,785 |
| 2015 | 138 | #1,580 |
| 2014 | 124 | #1,692 |
| 2013 | 165 | #1,397 |
| 2012 | 183 | #1,297 |
| 2011 | 191 | #1,250 |
| 2010 | 197 | #1,223 |
| 2009 | 187 | #1,292 |
| 2008 | 226 | #1,137 |
| 2007 | 216 | #1,179 |
| 2006 | 196 | #1,227 |
| 2005 | 178 | #1,262 |
| 2004 | 148 | #1,403 |
| 2003 | 108 | #1,742 |
| 2002 | 105 | #1,730 |
| 2001 | 98 | #1,804 |
| 2000 | 53 | #2,736 |
| 1999 | 41 | #3,145 |
| 1998 | 33 | #3,570 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
Names like Makiyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Aaliyah, Kaliyah, Jaliyah, Zaliyah, Aziyah, Kamiyah, Hadassah, Naziyah, Jaziyah, Samiyah, Zamiyah
Other spellings of Makiyah
Names related to Makiyah
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, “Makiyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makiyah, updated 20 October 2026.