Meaning and history
Makena is a Kikuyu name meaning “happy one.”
20062006: 341 births, rank #804
2007: 303 births, rank #906
2008: 323 births, rank #863
2009: 281 births, rank #949
2010: 294 births, rank #899
20112011: 236 births, rank #1,045
2012: 255 births, rank #988
2013: 252 births, rank #994
2014: 201 births, rank #1,215
2015: 226 births, rank #1,126
20162016: 224 births, rank #1,132
2017: 207 births, rank #1,182
2018: 178 births, rank #1,284
2019: 150 births, rank #1,465
2020: 119 births, rank #1,704
20212021: 115 births, rank #1,768
2022: 108 births, rank #1,870
2023: 115 births, rank #1,774
2024: 97 births, rank #2,011
20252025: 63 births, rank #2,719
Makena moved from #990 to #995 for girls between 2012 and 2013. Its highest annual birth count came in 2005, with 381 births.