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)
The name Makena is the #3,355 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,489 recorded births since 1984. This represents the 56.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 56.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,069 (63.8% percentile) for all time with 6,405 births since 1984. For boys, it ranks #4,502 (1.8% percentile) for all time with 84 births since 1992.
Makena first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1984 (1984 for girls and 1992 for boys).
The name Makena has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.7% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Makena reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 38.3% percentile (ranked #580) with 188 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 188 births per million (ranked 38.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2006, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Makena ranks #837 for girls (11.6% percentile) with 66 births per million, which is 35.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Makena reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #790) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2010.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Makena".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Makena. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 61.1% confident that Makena is pronounced as muh-KEH-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is muh-KEE-nuh, at 38.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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