The name Makayla is of Modern English origin, and is a variation of Michaela.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Makayla has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Makayla
Use of the Name Makayla for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
47,031
47,031
47,031
43,622
26,784
11,128
5,576
The table below indicates the number of times the name Makayla has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Makayla first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1989, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Makayla
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1989
891
207
1990
804
250
1991
752
276
1992
564
416
1993
339
759
1994
199
1,501
1995
164
1,911
1996
129
2,460
1997
102
3,339
1998
71
4,352
1999
66
4,776
2000
67
4,903
2001
54
5,300
2002
50
5,453
2003
51
5,552
2004
47
5,576
Totals:
47,031
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Makayla as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and almost never as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are significantly lower than actual counts because the name Makayla appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 16 times during the last 125 years.