How popular is the name Makenna?

Makenna ranks 643rd among girls' names in US records, with 37,570 births since 1982. Over the past decade it accounts for 9,554.

Is Makenna a unisex name?

No. Makenna is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2005, when 1,808 children were given the name. It has been in use for 43 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Mackenna, Makennah, Mackennah, Macenna. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#643 of girl names

Pronounced M AE1 K EH1 N N AA1 (ARPABET)

Makenna is a girls' name, and first appears in 1982. It has been given to 37,570 children — the 643rd most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 41% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2005, when 1,808 children were given it.

Four other spellings are counted in that total — Mackenna, Makennah, Mackennah and one more — because they are pronounced identically.

20051,808

These spellings sound identical to Makenna and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Makenna?: Makenna ranks 643rd among girls' names in US records, with 37,570 births since 1982. Over the past decade it accounts for 9,554.
Is Makenna a unisex name?: No. Makenna is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Makenna most popular?: 2005, when 1,808 children were given the name. It has been in use for 43 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Makenna spelled?: Mackenna, Makennah, Mackennah, Macenna. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.