first name
MAKAI
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,117 people named Makai, 49.3% reported their origin as Black, 21.2% as two or more races and 12.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 94.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Makai peaked in 2025, when 626 babies got the name.
At least 9,609 babies have been given the name since 1989. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Makai by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,044. The largest share of babies named Makai, 66.9%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Makai is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Makai has been most common in Hawaii (4×), Nevada (3.7×), and Maryland (3.1×), and least common in Kentucky (0.24×).
8,115 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Makai
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Makai, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Makai ranks #148,665 of 156,621, with 111 people. See Makai as a last name
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