Makenna
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A female given name transferred from the surname
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/meɪknə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Makenna is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- USUnited States
- CACanada
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A female given name transferred from the surname.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Makenna Cowgillb. 1998USAmerican actress
- Makenna Jonesb. 1998USAmerican tennis player
- Makenna Dominguezb. 2003Salvadoran association football player
- Makenna MuigaiKEKenyan climate change activist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 20 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 27K | #1,326 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2005 | 1.6K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2010 | 1.5K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2006 | 1.5K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2008 | 1.5K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2004 | 1.5K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2007 | 1.5K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 495 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2010 | 129 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2004 | 129 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2002 | 128 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2005 | 125 | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Makenna mean, and where does it come from?
- A female given name transferred from the surname. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Makenna have the most bearers?
- Makenna is most frequently recorded in the United States.
- Is Makenna a male or female name?
- Makenna is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How do you pronounce Makenna?
- A machine transcription gives /meɪknə/ (IPA) for English.
What do you want to know about Makenna?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/makennaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Makenna”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.