Mekai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- meh-KY
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Mekai is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
Where does Mekai come from?
Modern: modern spelling akin to Makai and Micah
Is Mekai a girl's or a boy's name?
Mekai 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 Mekai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Mekai, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had fewer boys named Mekai than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Mekai in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 215 boys in the US were given Mekai or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #948, up from #6,442 for this spelling alone.
Mekai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 27 | #3,992 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 29 | #3,713 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,741 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 36 | #2,898 |
| 2004 | 32 | #3,070 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
Names like Mekai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Makai Jakai Kai Koa Akai Zakai Makoa Kasai Nikolai Lakai Nakai Kairo
Other spellings of Mekai
Names related to Mekai
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, “Mekai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mekai, updated 20 October 2026.