Like God?
Makalya is a modern phonetic variant of the Hebrew name Michaela, the feminine form of Michael. It carries the rhetorical question 'Who is like God?', implying that no one is equal to the divine.
Less common today
Makalya isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #5,214 in 1999.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
