Maki
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- MAH-kee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Maki is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
Where does Maki come from?
Modern: perhaps a short form of Makai; also a Japanese name
Is Maki a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Maki has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US.
How popular is Maki in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 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, 9 boys in the US were named Maki, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 40 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Maki in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2012, 16% of the babies named Maki in the US were girls.
Maki in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,694 |
| 2010 | 36 | #3,127 |
| 2009 | 31 | #3,474 |
| 2008 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,009 |
| 2006 | 40 | #2,831 |
| 2005 | 38 | #2,799 |
| 2004 | 37 | #2,784 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
Names like Maki
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Loki Yuri Tru Mikko Rumi Kairo Takai Yitzchok Mekhi Zuko Kota Dakari
Names related to Maki
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, “Maki: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maki, updated 20 October 2026.