Mako
Mostly boys · MAH-koh · Maori
Mako is a name of Maori origin, meaning “mako shark”. In 2025 it ranked 3,035th for boys in the US (40 babies).
What does Mako mean?
Maori: from the mako shark, a Maori word; also a Japanese name
“mako shark”
The fast mako shark takes its name from Maori; Mako is also a Japanese given name, usually for girls.
- Say it
- MAH-koh
Is Mako a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Mako has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 40 boys in the US.
How popular is Mako in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,035among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 40about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 40 boys in the US were named Mako, making it the 3,035th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. It first appears in the records in 1977. 6 girls were also named Mako in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Mako of any year since it first appeared, in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Mako in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 13% of the babies named Mako in the US were girls.
Mako in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,035 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 27 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
Names like Mako
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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