Makana
Recorded 1986–2025 · United States
Makana was most popular in 2007, when 43 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,343 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,844, with 25 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 860 people named Makana.
Makana over time
How old is the name Makana?
Makana first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1986, which makes it about 39 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 34 of the 40 years since.
How many people are named Makana?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 860 American births named Makana between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 849 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Makana in 2025?
25 American babies were named Makana in 2025, ranking #8,844 that year.
Is Makana getting more or less popular?
Makana is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 27 births a year, against 25 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +10% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Makana a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Makana is a unisex name — 39.9% of the 860 Americans given it were girls and 60.1% were boys. It changed hands: since 2006 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 41% girls and 59% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Makana?
Roughly 849 Americans named Makana are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 17 years old, and half are between 10 and 24.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Makana is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org