Makala

Girl · recorded 1971–2022

  • 2022last recorded
  • 1998best year

Most popular in 1998.

Last recorded in 2022. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Makala.

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Its story

Popularity since 1971

07915719711984199720092022

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 50 recorded years as a table
Makala, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19714
19743
19755
19767
19777
19789
19795
19806
19815
19826
19834
19847
19857
19868
19877
198812
198921
199018
199115
199220
199348
199464
199598
1996100
1997138
1998157
1999128
2000107
200196
2002105
200383
200483
200581
200673
200757
200874
200947
201050
201131
201227
201317
201413
20157
20166
20178
20186
20193
20206
20214
20223

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Makala isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2022
5
Rank in 2022
#15,306
How rare
1 in 328,026 girls
Since 1971
3,398

Makala was last recorded in 2022. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1998, at 157 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Makala doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.