girls:
1.3k births since 1972
#4387 (23rd percentile)
boys:
28 births since 1996
#4558 (1st percentile)
overall:
1.4k births since 1972
#6377 (18th percentile)
The name Makia is the #6,377 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,366 recorded births since 1972. This represents the 17.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 17.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,387 (23.2% percentile) for all time with 1,338 births since 1972. For boys, it ranks #4,558 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 28 births since 1996.
Makia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1972 (1972 for girls and 1996 for boys). Birth data for Makia is available in 47 out of the 49 years between 1972 and 2020 (47 years for girls and 5 years for boys). 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 Makia has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Makia reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 6.5% percentile (ranked #836) with 32 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 32 births per million (ranked 6.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2020.
For boys, Makia reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #777) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2015.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Makia".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Makia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 71.9% confident that Makia is pronounced as muh-KEE-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAY-kee-uh, at 15.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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