girls:
320 births since 1994
#5396 (6th percentile)
boys:
481 births since 1986
#4105 (10th percentile)
overall:
801 births since 1986
#6938 (10th percentile)
The name Makana is the #6,938 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 801 recorded births since 1986. This represents the 10.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,105 (10.4% percentile) for all time with 481 births since 1986. For girls, it ranks #5,396 (5.6% percentile) for all time with 320 births since 1994.
Makana first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1986 (1986 for boys and 1994 for girls). Birth data for Makana is available in 32 out of the 38 years between 1986 and 2023 (32 years for boys and 30 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Makana has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (60.0% of all recorded births). In 2023, 54.8% of babies named Makana were boys.
For boys, Makana reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #897) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Makana ranks #899 for boys (1.3% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 64.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Makana reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #893) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Makana ranks #938 for girls (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 84.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Makana".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Makana. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 62.2% confident that Makana is pronounced as muh-KAH-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mah-KAH-nuh, at 13.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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