Makaiya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 20 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
20
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Makaiya by the numbers

Makaiya was given to 20 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 44 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Makaiya

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 Makaiya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

Sounds like Makaiya

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

  • Makiyahwho is like god; a respelling of Micaiah117 in the US (2017)
  • Makyiah12 in the US (2017)
  • Makyia11 in the US (2017)
  • Makhiya6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Makaiya

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