Makyla
Recorded 1982–2025 · United States
Makyla was most popular in 2005, when 160 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,374 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,389, with 23 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,418 people named Makyla.
Makyla over time
How old is the name Makyla?
Makyla first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1982, which makes it about 43 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 40 of the 44 years since.
How many people are named Makyla?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,418 American births named Makyla 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 2,395 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Makyla in 2025?
23 American babies were named Makyla in 2025, ranking #9,389 that year.
Is Makyla getting more or less popular?
Makyla is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 21 births a year, against 83 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -75% 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 Makyla a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Makyla is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,418 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% 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.
How old is someone named Makyla?
Roughly 2,395 Americans named Makyla are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 19 years old, and half are between 14 and 24. That is a narrow band: Makyla 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 Makyla 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