Makai
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #8,989 · #481 for boys in 2025, 626 births
Given to boys 96.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 626 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,298since 1989
Makai over time
Rank among boys' names. Makai has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #481 | 626 | |
| 2024 | — | #532 | 559 | |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 | #491 | 611 |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 | #518 | 572 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | #547 | 534 |
| 2020 | #5,850 | 20 | #549 | 518 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | #559 | 499 |
| 2018 | #7,409 | 15 | #570 | 484 |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | #631 | 411 |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 | #634 | 422 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 | #681 | 371 |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 | #708 | 341 |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | #688 | 348 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | #680 | 348 |
| 2011 | #5,935 | 22 | #665 | 356 |
| 2010 | #7,880 | 15 | #689 | 341 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #674 | 361 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | #893 | 234 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | #878 | 233 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | #862 | 232 |
| 2005 | #5,600 | 22 | #820 | 230 |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | #1,101 | 143 |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 | #1,167 | 128 |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | #1,160 | 122 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #1,629 | 72 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #1,968 | 52 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #1,966 | 49 |
| 1998 | — | #2,349 | 37 | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #3,351 | 21 |
| 1996 | — | #3,830 | 17 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,280 | 14 | |
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| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Makai! It came in at #7,905, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1989–1992, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Makai is popular in 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#234 · 1 in 850
- Maryland#239 · 1 in 1,250
- Hawaii#246 · 1 in 921
- Pennsylvania#378 · 1 in 2,701
- New Jersey#380 · 1 in 2,348
Best ever in a state: #129 in Hawaii, 2016.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #234 | 5 | 1 in 850 |
| Maryland | #239 | 23 | 1 in 1,250 |
| Hawaii | #246 | 5 | 1 in 921 |
| Pennsylvania | #378 | 23 | 1 in 2,701 |
| New Jersey | #380 | 19 | 1 in 2,348 |
| Connecticut | #402 | 6 | 1 in 2,549 |
| Utah | #406 | 11 | 1 in 2,090 |
| Colorado | #426 | 12 | 1 in 2,395 |
| Louisiana | #474 | 10 | 1 in 2,504 |
| Virginia | #493 | 13 | 1 in 3,243 |
| Georgia | #534 | 18 | 1 in 3,279 |
| California | #570 | 51 | 1 in 4,748 |
| Washington | #603 | 9 | 1 in 4,107 |
| Minnesota | #633 | 6 | 1 in 4,867 |
| New York | #637 | 23 | 1 in 4,683 |
| Missouri | #663 | 7 | 1 in 4,780 |
| North Carolina | #667 | 11 | 1 in 4,894 |
| Florida | #698 | 18 | 1 in 5,294 |
| Michigan | #700 | 9 | 1 in 5,484 |
| Ohio | #705 | 11 | 1 in 5,696 |
| Wisconsin | #731 | 5 | 1 in 5,740 |
| Indiana | #883 | 5 | 1 in 7,477 |
| Illinois | #1,089 | 7 | 1 in 10,364 |
| Texas | #1,180 | 14 | 1 in 13,319 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Makai
- 51 spots since 2024 (#532 → #481)
- 68 spots since 2020 (#549 → #481)
- 200 spots since 2015 (#681 → #481)
- Biggest jump: 281 spots in 2005 (#1,101 → #820)
- Biggest drop: 42 spots in 2006 (#820 → #862)
- Debuted 1989
- Peaked 2025 at #481 (626 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 2005–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,729 boys born in 2025 were named Makai (0.04%)
- 42.2% of all boys named Makai (3,921) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5 | #7,905 (1989) | #7,905 |
| 1990s | 145 | #1,966 (1999) | #3,765 |
| 2000s | 1,807 | #674 (2009) | #1,115 |
| 2010s | 3,921 | #559 (2019) | #651 |
| 2020s | 3,420 | #481 (2025) | #520 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Makai in 2009
Top girls' names in 2009
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
girls
1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 367,423 of them was named Makai, which outranked 14.4% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 5,495 of them was named Makai, which outranked 95.4% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).