Mahkai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mah-KY
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #3,582 for boys
Mahkai is a boys' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “toward the sea”. In 2025 it ranked 3,582nd for boys in the US (31 babies).
What does Mahkai mean?
Hawaiian: respelling of Makai, Hawaiian for 'toward the sea'
“toward the sea”
In Hawaii, makai ('toward the sea') and mauka ('toward the mountains') are used instead of compass directions.
Is Mahkai a girl's or a boy's name?
Mahkai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mahkai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,582among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 55,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the US were named Mahkai, making it the 3,582nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. It first appears in the records in 2001.
2025 had the most boys named Mahkai of any year since it first appeared, in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Mahkai in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mahkai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #3,582 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 27 | #3,992 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,810 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 27 | #3,829 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
Names like Mahkai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Makai Koa Kai Makoa Zakai Lakai Kaleo Alakai Jakai Jasai Musa Kainoa
Names related to Mahkai
More Hawaiian names
Leilani Kailani Kalani Nalani Keanu Koah Meilani Kailany Leilany Laylani Lani Luana Leylani Lailani Nakoa Kaelani
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, “Mahkai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mahkai, updated 20 October 2026.