Makye
Masculine
Makye entered the US charts in 1998, peaked at #3379 in 2007, ranks #8910 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Makye?
Makye first appears in US birth records in 1998 — 27 years ago. The typical Makye alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 400 people named Makye are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Makye most popular?
Makye peaked in 2007, reaching #3379 nationally. Today it ranks #8910, 5,531 places below that high. See the whole 2007 chart.
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1998
- Most boys named
- 200732 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3379reached in 2007
- Change vs 2023
- −11.1%8 in 2025, from 9
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Makyes among us
people named Makye are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 213,510 born in 2025 was named Makye
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Makye
- #8910
- Makye on the 2025 chart
- #911
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Makye went to 8 boys in 2025, but Mackie is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 17, which makes it the 911th most-given boys’ name of the year — 7,999 places above the chart.
- Mackie9
- Makye8
About 1 boy in 100,475 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 213,510 for Makye itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Allon test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Makye's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Allon climbed just as high around 1926, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Allon's path sketches the road Makye is walking now.
Makye sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Makye beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Makye in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
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Frequently asked
- How many Makyes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Makye are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Makye?
- Makye is one of 2 recorded spellings. Mackie is the more common one — 9 births in 2025 against 8 for Makye.
- How popular is the name Makye in 2025?
- Makye ranks #8910 among US boy names in 2025, with 8 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Makye?
- About 1 in every 213,510 US boys born in 2025 was named Makye — 8 in all.
- Will my child share the name Makye with classmates?
- Makye will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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