girls:
292 births since 1970
#5424 (5th percentile)
overall:
292 births since 1970
#7447 (4th percentile)
The name Makela is the #7,447 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 292 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 3.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,424 (5.1% percentile) for all time with 292 births since 1970.
Makela first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (first recorded for girls in 1970). Birth data for Makela is available in 30 out of the 48 years between 1970 and 2017. 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.
For girls, Makela reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #845) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2017.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Makela".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Makela. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 37.5% confident that Makela is pronounced as muh-KAY-luh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is muh-KEE-luh, at 32.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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