Makayla

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Michaela is a female given name. It is a female form of the Hebrew name Michael, which means "Who is like God". As of 2008, it was 357th in rank for newborn girls in the United States, and 325th in England and Wales.

From Wikipedia

Makayla first appears in the data in 1971 and has been recorded in 54 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2008 with 5,956 babies (rank #37 that year). In 2024 it was given to 556 girls (rank #542). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Makayla

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Makayla yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

107,627
Total babies (all years)
54
Years in the data
5,956
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19718#6,363
19727#6,971
19736#8,011
19748#6,602
19757#7,636
19769#6,372
197711#5,726
197814#4,827
197913#5,285
198018#4,240
198126#3,302
198217#4,461
198331#2,828
198443#2,279
198544#2,302
198647#2,217
198768#1,760
198892#1,483
1989207#890
1990252#797
1991276#751
1992415#564
1993762#340
19941,503#199
19951,912#164
19962,462#129
19973,345#102
19984,365#71
19994,791#66
20004,917#67
20015,318#54
20025,476#50
20035,580#51
20045,666#47
20055,727#44
20065,651#45
20075,428#47
20085,956#37
20095,267#44
20105,397#43
20114,460#56
20123,774#70
20133,295#94
20142,590#123
20152,260#143
20161,943#165
20171,504#205
20181,376#232
20191,264#261
2020954#325
2021878#355
2022796#392
2023682#453
2024556#542