girls:
1.1k births since 1997
#4618 (19th percentile)
boys:
92 births since 2001
#4494 (2nd percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1997
#6550 (15th percentile)
The name Makya is the #6,550 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,190 recorded births since 1997. This represents the 15.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,618 (19.2% percentile) for all time with 1,098 births since 1997. For boys, it ranks #4,494 (1.9% percentile) for all time with 92 births since 2001.
Makya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1997 (1997 for girls and 2001 for boys).
The name Makya has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 92.3% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Makya reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 9.2% percentile (ranked #877) with 45 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 45 births per million (ranked 9.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2008, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Makya ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 7.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Makya reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #838) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2013.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Makya".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Makya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 36.1% confident that Makya is pronounced as MA-kyuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAH-kyuh, at 33.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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