Markai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mar-KY
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Markai is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
Where does Markai come from?
Modern: blend of Mar- and Kai, or a variant of Marquis
Is Markai a girl's or a boy's name?
Markai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Markai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Markai, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. It first appears in the records in 2004.
2025 had the most boys named Markai of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Markai in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Markai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
Names like Markai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jakai, Jasai, Kasai, Makai, Zakai, Makari, Azai, Akai, Kenai, Kyaire, Kashton, Kylo
Names related to Markai
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, “Markai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/markai, updated 20 October 2026.