Makayla

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Makayla: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Makayla: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #73 in 2006, and it stood at #608 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
59times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#73highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#2411
1998	#2701
1999	#2189
2000	#2416
2001	#1439
2002	#1245
2003	#1176
2004	#772
2005	#802
2006	#909
2007	#919
2008	#681
2009	#850
2010	#830
2011	#692
2012	#749
2013	#1048
2014	#1204
2015	#1549
2016	#1416
2017	#1144
2018	#1526
2019	#1017
2020	#1507
2021	#1454
2022	#1685
2023	#1774
2024	#1541

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1541 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2005–2007
Highest recorded position: #73 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 2006 (recorded 2005–2007).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #608 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Makayla appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 740 births with the name.

Makayla across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Makayla's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#681 (2008)	#1541 (2024)	29 of 29	740 (1996–2024)	56 (2011)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#528 (1999)	#240 (2011)	#608 (2025)	26 of 27	219 (1999–2025)	22 (2011)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#83 (2005)	#73 (2006)	#89 (2007)	3 of 3	282 (2005–2007)	100 (2006)

Makayla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Makayla in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	22	4 of 10	6
2000s	283	10 of 10	28
2010sbusiest	341	10 of 10	34
2020s	94	5 of 10	19

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 34 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Makayla appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #73 in New South Wales, Australia in 2006.

Makayla's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1541	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1685	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1454	21	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1507	20	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1017	34	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1526	20	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1144	30	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1416	23	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1549	20	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1204	28	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1048	34	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#749	53	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#692	56	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#830	43	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#850	40	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#681	53	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#919	33	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#909	32	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#802	35	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#772	36	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1176	19	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1245	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1439	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2007	New South Wales, Australia	female	#89	89	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	female	#73	100	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New South Wales, Australia	female	#83	93	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#608	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	7	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	7	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#396	10	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#390	11	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#378	12	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	14	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#317	16	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#240	22	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#377	13	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#299	16	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#311	16	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#505	7	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	14	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#400	6	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #73, first reached in 2006.

It held a top-100 place in 3 years, 3 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 100 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 2006.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 10 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Makanaka · #2781, 10y
Makar · #584, 8y
Makeda · #1319, 25y
Makenzie · #329, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Brody · #73, 30y
Ophelia · #73, 30y
Candice · #72, 35y
Darcey · #72, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Brody · #73, 30y
Musa · #73, 30y
Ophelia · #73, 30y
Bethan · #72, 30y

Makayla was ranked #73 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 2006. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Makayla and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Makayla without appearing here.

Makayla moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2416 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1439 and #3998.
Therese Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2416 and #2416 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1439 and #3998.
Sinead Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1774 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1541 and #3695.
Cheryl Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2416 and #1313 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1439 and #3262.

Moved ahead of Makayla

Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1017 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1507 and #460.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #692 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #749 and #284.
Riley Compare
In 2013 they stood at #340 and #747 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #661 and #264.
Ezra Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1017 and #1119 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1507 and #1164.

Moved the opposite way to Makayla

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Makayla went from #3126 to #1541 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Makayla went from #3126 to #1541 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Makayla went from #3126 to #1541 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Makayla went from #3126 to #1541 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Makayla

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Makayla went from #3126 to #1541 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Makayla went from #3126 to #1541 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Makayla went from #3126 to #1541 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Makayla went from #3126 to #1541 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #73 in New South Wales, Australia in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Makayla

Makayla at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Makayla across 3 official records

Makayla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Makayla appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Makayla at a glance

Makayla across 3 official records

Makayla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Makayla appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Makayla

Makayla and the names beside it

Makayla moved ahead of

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