Machi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAH-chee
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Machi is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
Where does Machi come from?
Several possible sources, including Japanese
Is Machi a girl's or a boy's name?
Machi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Machi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Machi, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 34 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Machi in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Machi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 34 | #3,152 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
Names like Machi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Obi Omari Om Kobe Ayomide Kwame Atom Tadeo Ori Tobin Omri Nolawi
Names related to Machi
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, “Machi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/machi, updated 20 October 2026.