Makai
#1,203 most common boys' name of all time · #2,877 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1989–2025
Rank among boys
#1,203
Rank overall
#2,877 of 105,966
First appeared
1989
Years on the list
33 of 146
All-time
9,609
Since 2016
5,333
Peak year
2025 #481
Best rank
#481 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 626/yr
Makai first appears in 1989. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 626 | 626 | #481 |
| 2024 | — | 559 | 559 | #533 |
| 2023 | 11 | 611 | 622 | #491 |
| 2022 | 10 | 572 | 582 | #518 |
| 2021 | 10 | 534 | 544 | #547 |
| 2020 | 20 | 518 | 538 | #550 |
| 2019 | 7 | 499 | 506 | #559 |
| 2018 | 15 | 484 | 499 | #571 |
| 2017 | 10 | 411 | 421 | #632 |
| 2016 | 14 | 422 | 436 | #634 |
| 2015 | 12 | 371 | 383 | #682 |
| 2014 | 14 | 341 | 355 | #711 |
| 2013 | 10 | 348 | 358 | #691 |
| 2012 | 12 | 348 | 360 | #681 |
| 2011 | 22 | 356 | 378 | #668 |
| 2010 | 15 | 341 | 356 | #690 |
| 2009 | 5 | 361 | 366 | #675 |
| 2008 | 8 | 234 | 242 | #893 |
| 2007 | 9 | 233 | 242 | #878 |
| 2006 | 13 | 232 | 245 | #865 |
| 2005 | 22 | 230 | 252 | #821 |
| 2004 | 17 | 143 | 160 | #1,113 |
| 2003 | 15 | 128 | 143 | #1,172 |
| 2002 | 10 | 122 | 132 | #1,167 |
| 2001 | 9 | 72 | 81 | #1,645 |
| 2000 | 7 | 52 | 59 | #1,991 |
| 1999 | 8 | 49 | 57 | #1,993 |
| 1998 | — | 37 | 37 | #2,389 |
| 1997 | 6 | 21 | 27 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,001 |
| 1995 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,486 |
| 1993 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,457 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,118 |