Makiah
Recorded 1991–2025 · United States
Makiah was most popular in 2007, when 191 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,263 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,632, with 39 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,761 people named Makiah.
Makiah over time
How old is the name Makiah?
Makiah first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1991, which makes it about 34 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 35 of the 35 years since.
How many people are named Makiah?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,761 American births named Makiah 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 2,734 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Makiah in 2025?
39 American babies were named Makiah in 2025, ranking #6,632 that year.
Is Makiah getting more or less popular?
Makiah is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 49 births a year, against 80 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -38% 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 Makiah a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Makiah is mostly a girl’s name — 81.1% of the 2,761 Americans given it were girls and 18.9% were boys. It changed hands: since 2024 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 64% girls and 36% 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 Makiah?
Roughly 2,734 Americans named Makiah are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 19 years old, and half are between 13 and 23. That is a narrow band: Makiah 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.
Where Makiah 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