Mehkai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- meh-KY
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Mehkai is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
Where does Mehkai come from?
Modern: spelling of Mekhi, a modern name perhaps based on Micah
Is Mehkai a girl's or a boy's name?
Mehkai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mehkai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 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, 12 boys in the US were named Mehkai, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002.
2025 had more boys named Mehkai than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Mehkai in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 215 boys in the US were given Mehkai or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #948, up from #6,799 for this spelling alone.
Mehkai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
Names like Mehkai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Makai Koa Kai Lakai Makoa Kailo Kaleo Jakai Kainoa Nakai Kanai Nikolai
Other spellings of Mehkai
Names related to Mehkai
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, “Mehkai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mehkai, updated 20 October 2026.