How Many People Are Named Makai?
people named Makai are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 35,871 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,609 babies named Makai in Social Security records from 1989 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
626 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Makai, 3.2% were girls and 96.8% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 8.8% of the babies were girls then and 1.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Makai alive today is about 10 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 15 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Makai first appears in the records in 1989, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 626 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1989 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Makai has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #481, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #481.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #481 |
| Best rank | #481 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #651 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Makai alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Makai were born in California than in any other state: about 1,150 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Makai was given 5 times as often in Hawaii, 2.8 times in Maryland and 1.9 times in Georgia.
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