Nakai
Nakai was the 2275th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 62 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 790 places. More babies were named Nakai in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,275 boys, up 1,046 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 62boys
- Girls and boys
- 6% girls, 94% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202562 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,132babies recorded
Nakai popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #2,275 | — | 62 |
| 2020 | #14,594 | #3,321 | 6 | 34 |
| 2010 | #16,362 | #4,198 | 6 | 24 |
| 2000 | #14,459 | #9,926 | 6 | 6 |
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How popular is Nakai, counting every spelling?
Nakai has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Nakai?
62 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Nakai (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Nakai 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 135 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Nakai.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Nakai?
About 900 people born in the US named Nakai are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 5 and 20. That makes Nakai 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.
Nakai by state
How common Nakai 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.
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Questions about the name Nakai
How popular is the name Nakai?
Nakai was the 2275th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 62 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 790 places. More babies were named Nakai in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Nakai a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 6% girls, 94% boys given the name Nakai in the US.
Where is Nakai most popular?
In 2021–2025, Nakai was most common in New York (0.03 per 1,000 boys), followed by New Jersey and Florida.