Maui
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- MOW-ee
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Maui is a name of Hawaiian origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Maui mean?
Hawaiian: Polynesian demigod and Hawaiian island
In Polynesian myth Maui is the trickster demigod who fished up islands and slowed the sun; the Hawaiian island bears his name.
Is Maui a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Maui has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US.
How popular is Maui in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,207th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Maui, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 42 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Maui in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maui in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 42 | #2,839 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Names like Maui
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Makai, Kairo, Koa, Tru, Kasai, Kaizen, Kenzo, Loki, Chozen, Akari, Mikko, Jakai
Names related to Maui
More Hawaiian names
Kai, Leilani, Kailani, Kalani, Nalani, Keanu, Koah, Meilani, Kailany, Leilany, Laylani, Kaleo, Lani, Luana, Leylani, Lailani
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, “Maui: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maui, updated 20 October 2026.