Makela

Girl · recorded 1970–2017

  • 2017last recorded
  • 1996best year

Most popular in 1996.

Last recorded in 2017. 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 Makela.

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Its story

Popularity since 1970

061119701982199420052017

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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 30 recorded years as a table
Makela, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19703
19724
19733
19754
19774
19784
19893
19903
19913
19923
19938
19946
19956
199611
19977
19987
199910
20008
20018
20027
200310
20045
20056
20066
20077
20084
20094
20114
20133
20173

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Makela 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2017
6
Rank in 2017
#14,124
How rare
1 in 287,743 girls
Since 1970
292

Makela was last recorded in 2017. 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 1996, at 11 per million girls born.

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

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