Makai

Where Makai comes from

The dictionaries list Makai as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1989
    First appearance
    #7,905 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1995
    Makai Mason born
    German-American basketball player
  3. 2004
    Makai Lemon born
    American football player
  4. 2025
    Peak, #481
    626 babies named Makai — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Makai Mason · German-American basketball player, born 1995
  • Makai Lemon · American football player, born 2004

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.