Makaia

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Makaia by the numbers

Makaia was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 20 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Makaia

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Makaia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Makailawho is like God; modern spelling of Michaela53 in the US (2017)
  • Makanagift; present18 in the US (2017)
  • Manaiaspiritual guardian or mythical being11 in the US (2017)
  • Makaya21 in the US (2017)
  • Makaiya20 in the US (2017)
  • Makhia14 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Makaia

Names that are said the same way as Makaia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Makiahwho is like God; a variant of Micaiah61 in the US (2017)
  • Mahikamisty or dewy8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mayukharadiance or splendor of the sun11 in the US (2017)
  • Makayahwho is like god; respelling of micaiah or makiah9 in the US (2017)
  • Makya20 in the US (2017)
  • Makyah15 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Makaia

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