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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Makaio

Makaio was the 2137th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 68 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1465th with 124 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 757 places. More babies were named Makaio in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#2,137 boys, up 64 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
68boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
2024124 babies
Total since 1880
1,338babies recorded

Makaio popularity since 1880

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Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#2,13768
2020#2,20163
2010#2,71245
2000#11,5055
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How popular is Makaio, counting every spelling?

Makaio has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Makaio?

68 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Makaio (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Makaio born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 123 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Makaio.

Chance of another Makaio in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inHawaiiunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Makaio?

About 1,300 people born in the US named Makaio are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 4 and 15. That makes Makaio a young name: most people with it are children.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Makaio by state

How common Makaio was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Hawaii (32.1×). In 36 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesWI0.04Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesWA0.04Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesMI0.02New York: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesNY0.05Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesOR0.07Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesOH0.04Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.03Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesCA0.07Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesCO0.04Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.03New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNC0.03South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesGA0.04Hawaii: 1.7 per 1,000 babiesHI1.7Texas: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTX0.03Florida: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesFL0.06
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Makaio, boys, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Makaio: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Makaio, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Makaio

How popular is the name Makaio?

Makaio was the 2137th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 68 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1465th with 124 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 757 places. More babies were named Makaio in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Makaio a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Makaio in the US.

Where is Makaio most popular?

In 2021–2025, Makaio was most common in Hawaii (1.67 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and Oregon.