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Makeda

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Makeda is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 21 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
210.00% of girls
Peak year
198585 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1968
1,752people given the name
Babies named Makeda, by year of birthgirls
025507510018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,752 girls have been named Makeda in the United States since 1968, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1985, with 85 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1995, and the 1990s alone account for 25%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Makeda
1960s19
1970s188
1980s407
1990s432
2000s308
2010s282
2020s116

In 1985, its biggest year

Makeda was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1985 were Jessica, Ashley, Jennifer, Amanda and Sarah. See all of 1985.

Names that rose and fell with Makeda

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.