Makell
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Makell has been given to 486 babies in the U.S. since 1998. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2008, with 25 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 69% boys, 31% girls all-time.
Babies named Makell, 2023
1 in 552,000
Makell over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Makell over time
In 2023, Makell went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
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.
How common is Makell?
Makell had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2023
- 1 in 552,000
- 6 of 3,314,783 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 285,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2023
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 382,940 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Makell sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2023 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 382,940 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Makell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Makells were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Makell was born before 2009 — so the typical Makell is around 16 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2000s
- 52.2% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 97.6%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 337
- People you could plausibly meet
2000s — 52.2% of all recorded uses (176).
Is Makell 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
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
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- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
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- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 2008 (25)
- Years since peak
- 17
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 33.2% average annual change
Spellings of Makell
Makell is not the most common spelling — Maxwell is, with 63.8% against Makell's 0.20%.
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 Makell is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Makell was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 806,790 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Georgia1 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. Makell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Makell is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Makell was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 25,000 girls, against 1 in 24,912 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Utah1 in 25,000
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. Makell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Makell by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Makell
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Makell
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.