Recorded 1984–2025 · United States
Makena was most popular in 2005, when 381 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,298 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,792, with 63 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 6,652 people named Makena.
Makena first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1984, which makes it about 41 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 42 of the 42 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 6,652 American births named Makena 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 6,590 are estimated to be alive today.
63 American babies were named Makena in 2025, ranking #4,792 that year.
Makena is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 100 births a year, against 234 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -57% 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.
Across the whole record Makena is a girl’s name — 98.7% of the 6,652 Americans given it were girls and 1.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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.
Roughly 6,590 Americans named Makena are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 18 years old, and half are between 12 and 23. That is a narrow band: Makena arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
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.
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