Makena

girls:

6.4k births since 1984

#2069 (64th percentile)

boys:

84 births since 1992

#4502 (2nd percentile)

overall:

6.5k births since 1984

#3355 (57th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Makena".

1984 2023 19842023

Key Statistics

Total Births
6,405
Peak Births
381
Peak Year
2005
First Recorded
1984
Peak Percentile
38.3%
Current Percentile
11.6%
Peak Rank
#580
Current Rank
#837
Female statistics
Total Births
84
Peak Births
15
Peak Year
1995
First Recorded
1992
Peak Percentile
1.3%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#770
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Makena

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Makena. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 61.1% confident that Makena is pronounced as muh-KEH-nuh. The next most likely pronunciation is muh-KEE-nuh, at 38.9% confidence.

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Makena. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Makena, please vote using the thumbs up button.

mih-KEH-nuh (3 syllables)
11 names 45.4k births
M IH0 K EH1 N AH0
muh-keh-nuh (3 syllables)
1 name 32.6k births
M AH0 K EH0 N AH0

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like M AH0 K EH1 N AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.