Dakai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- duh-KY
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,180 for boys
Dakai is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,180th for boys in the US (37 babies).
Where does Dakai come from?
Modern: blend of Da- and Kai
Is Dakai a girl's or a boy's name?
Dakai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 37 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dakai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,180th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 37 about 1 in 46,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 120% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 37 boys in the US were named Dakai, making it the 3,180th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. It first appears in the records in 2002.
2025 had the most boys named Dakai of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Dakai in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dakai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,180 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
Nicknames for Dakai
- Kai 816 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Dakai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tru, Kairo, Takai, Akai, Kasai, Sakai, Loki, Zuko, Jakai, Rumi, Yuri, Kaizen
Names related to Dakai
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dakai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dakai, updated 20 October 2026.