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 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#193 · 1 in 667
- Maryland#360 · 1 in 1,981
- Virginia#379 · 1 in 2,201
- Georgia#384 · 1 in 2,077
- Washington#401 · 1 in 2,113
Best ever in a state: #129 in Hawaii, 2016.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #193 | 7 | 1 in 667 |
| Maryland | #360 | 14 | 1 in 1,981 |
| Virginia | #379 | 19 | 1 in 2,201 |
| Georgia | #384 | 26 | 1 in 2,077 |
| Washington | #401 | 17 | 1 in 2,113 |
| Nevada | #426 | 6 | 1 in 2,214 |
| Pennsylvania | #481 | 18 | 1 in 3,346 |
| New Jersey | #513 | 12 | 1 in 3,456 |
| California | #550 | 53 | 1 in 4,349 |
| New York | #606 | 24 | 1 in 4,346 |
| Utah | #609 | 6 | 1 in 3,610 |
| Wisconsin | #620 | 6 | 1 in 4,548 |
| Missouri | #647 | 7 | 1 in 4,536 |
| Oklahoma | #676 | 5 | 1 in 4,051 |
| Colorado | #677 | 6 | 1 in 4,525 |
| Illinois | #685 | 13 | 1 in 5,117 |
| Florida | #693 | 18 | 1 in 5,109 |
| Louisiana | #696 | 6 | 1 in 4,030 |
| Massachusetts | #698 | 5 | 1 in 5,932 |
| Ohio | #713 | 11 | 1 in 5,433 |
| Indiana | #877 | 5 | 1 in 7,135 |
| North Carolina | #963 | 6 | 1 in 8,426 |
| Texas | #1,562 | 9 | 1 in 19,738 |
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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 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 146,754 of them was named Makai, which outranked 53.4% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,632Zayley13
- #8,632Zorah13
- #8,632Zuriah13
- #9,109Makai12
- #9,109Aarianna12
- #9,109Abaigeal12
- #9,109Abeeha12
- #9,711Aaliyana11
- #9,711Aariya11
- #9,711Aashvi11
Tied with 601 names at #9,109; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 5,451 of them was named Makai, which outranked 95.2% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).