Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Makeda

Gender

Female

Origin

African
Amharic of Ethiopia name meaning beautiful armrest

Pronunciation

m(a)-ke-da

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 1985 (rank #1457, 85 births); most recent 2025 (rank #7133, 15 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
202515
202421
202318
202229
202127
202021
201933
201835
201737
201638

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 1998 (rank #1319, 14 births); most recent 2024 (rank #5890, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
20243
2023–
20223
2021–
20207
20196
2018–
20177
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #2219, 13 births); most recent 2023 (rank #3930, 5 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20235
202213
2021–
20208
20199
20187
201710
20163
20156
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence