girls:
3k births since 1988
#3173 (44th percentile)
boys:
14 births since 2002
#4572 (0th percentile)
overall:
3k births since 1988
#4954 (36th percentile)
The name Makiya is the #4,954 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,002 recorded births since 1988. This represents the 36.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 36.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,173 (44.5% percentile) for all time with 2,988 births since 1988. For boys, it ranks #4,572 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 14 births since 2002.
Makiya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1988 (1988 for girls and 2002 for boys). Birth data for Makiya is available in 34 out of the 36 years between 1988 and 2023 (34 years for girls and 2 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 Makiya has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.5% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Makiya reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 21.5% percentile (ranked #736) with 102 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 102 births per million (ranked 21.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2007, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Makiya ranks #915 for girls (3.4% percentile) with 21 births per million, which is 20.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Makiya reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #810) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2005.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Makiya".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Makiya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 41.9% confident that Makiya is pronounced as muh-KEE-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is muh-KEE-yuh, at 37.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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