Makylah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-KAY-luh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Makylah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Makylah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Makyla, itself a spelling of Makayla, from Michaela
“who is like God”
A modern spelling of Michaela, the feminine of Michael, which asks 'who is like God?'.
Meaning borrowed from Makyla.
Is Makylah a girl's or a boy's name?
Makylah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Makylah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Makylah, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Makylah in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Makylah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,420 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,465 |
| 2010 | 43 | #3,623 |
| 2009 | 37 | #4,106 |
| 2008 | 35 | #4,359 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 31 | #4,369 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
Nicknames for Makylah
Names like Makylah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hadassah, Aaliyah, Zaniyah, Kaliyah, Taliyah, Selah, Jaliyah, Zariah, Azariah, Salem, Sariyah, Zamira
Names related to Makylah
Makayla, Mikayla, Mckayla, Makaylah, Makyla, Mykayla, Mikaylah, Makeyla
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Makylah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makylah, updated 20 October 2026.