Makyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-KY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Makyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Makyah come from?
Modern: spelling of Makya; modern coinage of uncertain origin
Meaning borrowed from Makya.
Is Makyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Makyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Makyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Makyah, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 54 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
2025 had the fewest girls named Makyah since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Makyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 49 girls in the US were given Makyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,594, up from #14,937 for this spelling alone.
Makyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,154 |
| 2012 | 43 | #3,643 |
| 2011 | 40 | #3,780 |
| 2010 | 42 | #3,688 |
| 2009 | 40 | #3,869 |
| 2008 | 46 | #3,528 |
| 2007 | 54 | #3,168 |
| 2006 | 49 | #3,315 |
| 2005 | 42 | #3,505 |
| 2004 | 47 | #3,220 |
| 2003 | 47 | #3,128 |
| 2002 | 40 | #3,390 |
| 2001 | 38 | #3,482 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
Names like Makyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah Aaliyah Kaliyah Jaliyah Hadassah Zaliyah Kamiyah Aziyah Zariah Alaiyah Naziyah Makiyah
Other spellings of Makyah
Names related to Makyah
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, “Makyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makyah, updated 20 October 2026.