# Makena (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/makena/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,652 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 84 / 6,568 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 11, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 236 | 1,048 |
| 2012 | 255 | 990 |
| 2013 | 252 | 995 |
| 2014 | 201 | 1,219 |
| 2015 | 226 | 1,129 |
| 2016 | 224 | 1,136 |
| 2017 | 207 | 1,184 |
| 2018 | 178 | 1,287 |
| 2019 | 150 | 1,471 |
| 2020 | 119 | 1,713 |
| 2021 | 115 | 1,777 |
| 2022 | 108 | 1,881 |
| 2023 | 115 | 1,778 |
| 2024 | 97 | 2,025 |
| 2025 | 63 | 2,740 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 5 | 9,309 |
| 1994 | 6 | 8,399 |
| 1995 | 15 | 4,190 |
| 1996 | 6 | 8,586 |
| 1997 | 7 | 7,803 |
| 1999 | 5 | 10,963 |
| 2002 | 8 | 8,162 |
| 2003 | 7 | 9,264 |
| 2004 | 6 | 10,834 |
| 2006 | 9 | 8,487 |
| 2008 | 5 | 13,829 |
| 2010 | 5 | 13,522 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 5 | 3,099 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.