Makai
Makai is ranked 535th among boys in 2024 (556 births). Its best rank was 491st, in 2023.
- Rank in 2024
- #535down 44 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 5560.03% of boys
- Peak year
- 2023611 births
- Best rank
- #491in 2023
- Since 1989
- 8,977people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,667 boys have been named Makai in the United States since 1989, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 611 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2016, and the 2010s alone account for 45%. It has spent 20 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 310 girls have also been given it, 3.5% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2023, its biggest year
Makai was the 491st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Makai
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jasiahpeak 2022
- Artempeak 2021
- Jesiahpeak 2024
- Bodenpeak 2023
- Atharvapeak 2020
- Memphispeak 2021
- Adonaipeak 2024
- Rayaanpeak 2022
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.