Makai
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
#481
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
626
boys 626
Peak year
2025
626 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
9,609
since 1989
Born a Makai? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Makai was most popular in 2025, when 626 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.37 per 1,000). In 2025, 626 babies were named Makai, ranking #481 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 24%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 626 | 481 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 559 | 532 |
| 2023 | 11 | 8989 | 611 | 491 |
| 2022 | 10 | 9680 | 572 | 518 |
| 2021 | 10 | 9562 | 534 | 547 |
| 2020 | 20 | 5850 | 518 | 549 |
| 2019 | 7 | 12448 | 499 | 559 |
| 2018 | 15 | 7409 | 484 | 570 |
| 2017 | 10 | 9943 | 411 | 631 |
| 2016 | 14 | 7988 | 422 | 634 |
| 2015 | 12 | 8931 | 371 | 681 |
| 2014 | 14 | 8053 | 341 | 708 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10235 | 348 | 688 |
| 2012 | 12 | 9109 | 348 | 680 |
| 2011 | 22 | 5935 | 356 | 665 |
| 2010 | 15 | 7880 | 341 | 689 |
| 2009 | 5 | 17294 | 361 | 674 |
| 2008 | 8 | 12579 | 234 | 893 |
| 2007 | 9 | 11630 | 233 | 878 |
| 2006 | 13 | 8715 | 232 | 862 |
| 2005 | 22 | 5600 | 230 | 820 |
| 2004 | 17 | 6768 | 143 | 1101 |
| 2003 | 15 | 7207 | 128 | 1167 |
| 2002 | 10 | 9482 | 122 | 1160 |
| 2001 | 9 | 10102 | 72 | 1629 |
| 2000 | 7 | 11801 | 52 | 1968 |
| 1999 | 8 | 10345 | 49 | 1966 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 37 | 2349 |
| 1997 | 6 | 12070 | 21 | 3351 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 17 | 3830 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 14 | 4280 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 7 | 6816 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 5 | 7905 |
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Where Makai is most popular
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 3% · boys 97% across all years