NameTides

Makai

Makai was the #481 boys' name in the US in 2025 (626 babies), and #1,538 in England & Wales and #1,207 in Canada.

Makai as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Makai as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Makai as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#481 (626)#1,538 (17)#1,207 (20)
2024#532 (559)#1,517 (17)#1,353 (16)
2023#491 (611)#1,309 (20)#947 (25)
2022#518 (572)#1,366 (19)#1,178 (18)
2021#547 (534)#1,290 (20)#1,151 (19)
2020#549 (518)#2,076 (10)#999 (22)
2019#559 (499)#1,506 (16)#973 (23)
2018#570 (484)#1,875 (12)#993 (22)
2017#631 (411)#2,052 (11)#1,074 (20)
2016#634 (422)#1,271 (21)#1,159 (18)
2015#681 (371)#1,786 (13)#1,266 (15)
2014#708 (341)#1,223 (21)#1,107 (18)
2013#688 (348)#1,462 (16)#2,305 (6)
2012#680 (348)#1,589 (15)#904 (24)
2011#665 (356)#1,251 (20)#1,038 (20)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #481.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1989.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,700 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Makai is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,400 to 1 in 3,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Makai by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #411WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #604WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #586MNIllinois: #416ILMichigan: #461MINew York: #572NYMassachusetts: #555MAOregon: #474ORNevada: #323NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #579INOhio: #555OHPennsylvania: #577PANew Jersey: #543NJConnecticut: #498CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #591CAUtah: #473UTColorado: #571CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #489MOKentucky: #526KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #351VAMaryland: #437MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #463AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #477TNNorth Carolina: #398NCSouth Carolina: #287SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #395OKLouisiana: #450LAMississippi: #259MSAlabama: #250ALGeorgia: #272GAHawaii: #180HITexas: #602TXFlorida: #394FL
Makai (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,03310

Makai (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MakaiCanadaBoys#1,20720
MakaiEngland & WalesBoys#1,53817
MakaiNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MakaiUSGirls—too few
MakaiUSBoys#481626