Makaio
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- muh-KY-oh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,125 for boys
Makaio is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 2,125th for boys in the US (68 babies).
What does Makaio mean?
Hebrew: Hawaiian form of Matthew, a variant of Mataio
“gift of God”
A Hawaiian form of Matthew, a variant of Mataio, the form used in the Hawaiian Bible.
Is Makaio a girl's or a boy's name?
Makaio is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 68 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Makaio in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 767% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Makaio, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 10 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Makaio in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
How popular is Makaio in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,125th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 68 about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 68 boys in the US were named Makaio, making it the 2,125th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,190th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 124 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
2025 had fewer boys named Makaio than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Makaio in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 104 boys in the US were given Makaio or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,443, up from #2,125 for this spelling alone.
Makaio in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68 | #2,125 |
| 2024 | 124 | #1,459 |
| 2023 | 88 | #1,817 |
| 2022 | 84 | #1,874 |
| 2021 | 87 | #1,799 |
| 2020 | 63 | #2,190 |
| 2019 | 62 | #2,227 |
| 2018 | 52 | #2,471 |
| 2017 | 68 | #2,049 |
| 2016 | 68 | #2,066 |
| 2015 | 41 | #2,863 |
| 2014 | 40 | #2,883 |
| 2013 | 51 | #2,423 |
| 2012 | 59 | #2,208 |
| 2011 | 61 | #2,144 |
| 2010 | 45 | #2,681 |
| 2009 | 43 | #2,799 |
| 2008 | 32 | #3,419 |
| 2007 | 36 | #3,133 |
| 2006 | 36 | #3,023 |
| 2005 | 31 | #3,237 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
Names like Makaio
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Koa, Kairo, Matteo, Kai, Yusuf, Yunus, Musa, Thiago, Zion, Muhammad, Zakariya, Matei
Other spellings of Makaio
Names related to Makaio
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Makaio: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makaio, updated 20 October 2026.