Makeba Popularity by Year
Follow Makeba across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Makeba birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Girls | 5 | #15,784 | Down 352 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 5 | #15,432 | Down 4,294 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 7 | #11,138 | Up 2,380 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 5 | #13,518 | Down 3,965 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 8 | #9,553 | Down 1,431 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 10 | #8,122 | Up 597 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 9 | #8,719 | Down 2,405 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 14 | #6,314 | Up 274 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 13 | #6,588 | Up 715 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 11 | #7,303 | Up 734 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 9 | #8,037 | Down 1,760 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 12 | #6,277 | Down 354 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 12 | #5,923 | Up 4,989 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 5 | #10,912 | Down 4,881 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 11 | #6,031 | Up 779 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 9 | #6,810 | Down 1,353 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 12 | #5,457 | Up 454 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 11 | #5,911 | Down 1,567 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 17 | #4,344 | Down 735 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 22 | #3,609 | Up 1,233 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 14 | #4,842 | Down 2,270 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 33 | #2,572 | Down 109 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 35 | #2,463 | Up 23 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 32 | #2,486 | Down 254 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 37 | #2,232 | Down 60 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 37 | #2,172 | Down 458 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 52 | #1,714 | Down 212 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 63 | #1,502 | Up 435 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 44 | #1,937 | Down 133 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 49 | #1,804 | Up 404 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 33 | #2,208 | Up 152 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 27 | #2,360 | Up 851 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 16 | #3,211 | Up 1,655 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 8 | #4,866 | Up 1,901 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 5 | #6,767 | Down 175 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 5 | #6,592 | Down 14 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 5 | #6,578 | — |