Makeba
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1972
63 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
702
since 1962
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Makeba was most popular in 1972, when 63 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.04 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Makeba in 2025. Not recorded since 2003.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 5 | 15784 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 5 | 15432 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 7 | 11138 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 5 | 13518 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 8 | 9553 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 10 | 8122 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 9 | 8719 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 14 | 6314 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 13 | 6588 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 11 | 7303 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 9 | 8037 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 12 | 6277 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 12 | 5923 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 5 | 10912 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 11 | 6031 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 9 | 6810 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 12 | 5457 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 11 | 5911 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 17 | 4344 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 22 | 3609 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 14 | 4842 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 33 | 2572 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 35 | 2463 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 32 | 2486 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 37 | 2232 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 37 | 2172 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 52 | 1714 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 63 | 1502 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 44 | 1937 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 49 | 1804 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 33 | 2208 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 27 | 2360 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 16 | 3211 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 8 | 4866 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 5 | 6767 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 5 | 6592 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 5 | 6578 | <5 | — |
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