How Many People Are Named Makita?
An estimated 291 people in the United States have the first name Makita. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 40 years old, and Makita peaked in popularity in 1984 with 20 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Makita as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Makita paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
291
About 1 in 1,177,850 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
40
years old
Peak Year
1984
20 births
Total Registered
309
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Makita
Makita is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 309 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Makita as a female name
Ranked #14,293 in 2000
6 female births in 2000
Peak: 1984 (20 births)
Makita: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Makita span from the 1970s to the 2000s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 131 babies were registered. Makita has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Makita by Decade
How has Makita tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Makita + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Makita as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Makita
Other first names starting with M with a similar number of bearers.
Makita: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Makita?
We estimate approximately 291 people named Makita are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,177,850 Americans share this first name.
Is Makita a common name?
Makita is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 78.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 309 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Makita most popular?
Makita reached peak popularity in 1984, when 20 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Makita is approximately 40 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Makita a female name?
Makita is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Makita Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Makita Smith, Makita Johnson, Makita Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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