Feminine dossier · first seen 1980

Makaela

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Makaela
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1998

Peak era

1998

Peak rank proxy

145

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1980Peak 19982024

Peak year

1998

Decline from peak

88.3%

2024

All-time

2,749

Makaela is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1998, when 145 girls were named Makaela.

In 2024, only 17 girls were given the name.

Down 88.3% from its peak.

All told, about 2,749 Americans have been named Makaela and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1980.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1998

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