Makoa
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mah-KOH-a
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,118 for boys
- Style
- New arrival
Makoa is a boys' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “fearless, courageous”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 1,118th for boys in the US (191 babies).
What does Makoa mean?
Hawaiian: Hawaiian word name
“fearless, courageous”
A Hawaiian name related to koa, meaning brave or warrior.
Is Makoa a girl's or a boy's name?
Makoa is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 7 girls and 191 boys in the US.
How popular is Makoa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 333% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Makoa, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 5 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Makoa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
How popular is Makoa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,118th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 191 about 1 in 8,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 233% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 191 boys in the US were named Makoa, making it the 1,118th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,094th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 192 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992. 7 girls were also named Makoa in 2025 (11,928th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Makoa in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 201 boys in the US were given Makoa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #986, up from #1,118 for this spelling alone.
- Makoa 191
- Makoah 10
Makoa in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 191 | #1,118 |
| 2024 | 192 | #1,114 |
| 2023 | 127 | #1,432 |
| 2022 | 142 | #1,322 |
| 2021 | 82 | #1,869 |
| 2020 | 67 | #2,094 |
| 2019 | 48 | #2,655 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,053 |
| 2017 | 42 | #2,839 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,110 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,021 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,527 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 2009 | 41 | #2,893 |
| 2008 | 35 | #3,219 |
| 2007 | 41 | #2,866 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
Names like Makoa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Koa, Kai, Makai, Keanu, Lawi, Nikolai, Matvii, Filippo, Lux, Mikolaj, Kane, Kofi
Names related to Makoa
More Hawaiian names
Leilani, Kailani, Kalani, Nalani, Koah, Meilani, Kailany, Leilany, Laylani, Kaleo, Lani, Luana, Leylani, Lailani, Nakoa, Alakai
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, “Makoa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makoa, updated 20 October 2026.