Makhai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ma-KY
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #3,847 for boys
Makhai is a boys' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “toward the sea”. In 2025 it ranked 3,847th for boys in the US (28 babies).
What does Makhai mean?
Hawaiian: spelling of Makai
“toward the sea”
In Hawaii makai is used in giving directions to mean 'seaward', the opposite of mauka, 'toward the mountains'.
Meaning borrowed from Makai. More on Wiktionary.
Is Makhai a girl's or a boy's name?
Makhai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Makhai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,847among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 61,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the US were named Makhai, making it the 3,847th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,979th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 59 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Makhai in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 762 boys in the US were given Makhai or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #424, up from #3,847 for this spelling alone.
Makhai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #3,847 |
| 2024 | 27 | #3,984 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,053 |
| 2022 | 51 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 57 | #2,372 |
| 2020 | 39 | #2,979 |
| 2019 | 53 | #2,490 |
| 2018 | 48 | #2,616 |
| 2017 | 59 | #2,239 |
| 2016 | 49 | #2,550 |
| 2015 | 49 | #2,527 |
| 2014 | 48 | #2,540 |
| 2013 | 53 | #2,363 |
| 2012 | 45 | #2,677 |
| 2011 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2010 | 40 | #2,913 |
| 2009 | 46 | #2,662 |
| 2008 | 41 | #2,878 |
| 2007 | 32 | #3,377 |
| 2006 | 38 | #2,931 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
Names like Makhai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Zakai Jasai Azai Hamza Kasai Zahir Koa Kai Muhammad Jakai Zamir
Other spellings of Makhai
Names related to Makhai
More Hawaiian names
Leilani Kailani Kalani Nalani Keanu Koah Meilani Kailany Leilany Laylani Kaleo Lani Luana Leylani Lailani Nakoa
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, “Makhai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makhai, updated 20 October 2026.