Makhai
Makhai was the 3914th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 28 babies. Its best year was 2017, when it ranked 2261st with 59 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,363 places. More babies were named Makhai in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,914 boys, down 905 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 28boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201759 babies
- Total since 1880
- 973babies recorded
Makhai popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,914 | 28 |
| 2020 | #3,009 | 39 |
| 2010 | #2,943 | 40 |
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How popular is Makhai, counting every spelling?
Makhai is the most common spelling of a name family that had 41 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 41 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makhai | 28 | #3,914 | 203 |
| Machai | 13 | #6,667 | 37 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Makhai?
28 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Makhai (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Makhai 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 298 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Makhai.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Makhai?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Makhai are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 7 and 17. That makes Makhai a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Makhai by state
How common Makhai was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Makhai: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Makhai, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Makhai
How popular is the name Makhai?
Makhai was the 3914th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 28 babies. Its best year was 2017, when it ranked 2261st with 59 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,363 places. More babies were named Makhai in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Makhai a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Makhai in the US.
Where is Makhai most popular?
In 2021–2025, Makhai was most common in Louisiana (0.05 per 1,000 boys), followed by Florida and Georgia.