Makyia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-KY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Makyia is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Makyia come from?
Modern: modern coinage of uncertain origin
Is Makyia a girl's or a boy's name?
Makyia is a girls' name.
How popular is Makyia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Makyia in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Makyia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 34 | #4,089 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
Names like Makyia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaliyah Zaniyah Aaliyah Jaliyah Zariah Malaya Amaya Amira Kamiyah Aliya Alaya Zaniya
Names related to Makyia
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, “Makyia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makyia, updated 20 October 2026.