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Makana

#5,136 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Gift

Makana has been given to 860 babies in the U.S. since 1986. In 2025 it ranked #5,136 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 29 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 60% boys, 40% girls all-time.

Babies named Makana, 2025

1 in 174,000

Makana over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Makana over time

In 2025, Makana went to 24% girls and 76% boys.

19862025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Makana: meaning, origin, and history

Gift

Hawaiian

What Makana means

Makana means “gift”, associated with makana.

Origin, language, and formation

Makana is used in Hawaiian. Its origins include Hawaiian.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hawaiian, Makana is pronounced /maˈka.na/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 517 boys were recorded with the name Makana between 1986 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 29 in 2016; its best national rank was #3,738 in 2016.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,234 in 2020 to #5,136 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,174 in 2015 to #5,136 in 2025.

In the United States, 343 girls were recorded with the name Makana between 1994 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 19 in 2003; its best national rank was #6,212 in 2003.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #12,972 in 2020 to #14,281 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #11,500 in 2015 to #14,281 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Makana?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 174,000
19 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 89,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,136
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
120,943 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Makana sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 120,943 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Makana. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Makanas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Makana was born before 2009 — so the typical Makana is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
34.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
78.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
517
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 34.2% of all recorded uses (177).

Is Makana rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+432
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+4,098
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,038
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.36×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
65.5%
Peak was 2016 (29)
Years since peak
9
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
34.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,738
2016

Spellings of Makana

Makana is not the most common spelling — Makai is, with 57.2% against Makana's 3.2%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Makana is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Makana was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 2,000 boys, against 1 in 61,854 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

050 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 2,000
  2. 2Nevada1 in 100,000
  3. 3California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Makana has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Makana is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Makana was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 748,848 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 50,000
  2. 2California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Makana has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Makana around the world

Where Makana ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2006–2006
    #5,061
    in 2006

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Makana by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,136
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 4,098
Best rank ever
#3,738
2016
Peak year
2016
29 that year
First recorded
1986
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
517
Count in 2025
19

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#14,281
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,309
Best rank ever
#6,212
2003
Peak year
2003
19 that year
First recorded
1994
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
343
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Makana

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Makana

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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