Mekhai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- meh-KY
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Mekhai is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
Where does Mekhai come from?
Modern: spelling of Mekai; modern spelling akin to Makai and Micah
Meaning borrowed from Mekai.
Is Mekhai a girl's or a boy's name?
Mekhai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mekhai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Mekhai, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 38 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Mekhai in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 215 boys in the US were given Mekhai or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #948, up from #6,140 for this spelling alone.
Mekhai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,070 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 27 | #3,881 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 35 | #3,219 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
Names like Mekhai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Makai Jakai Zakai Kasai Musa Jamir Kai Jasai Akai Koa Zyaire Zayden
Other spellings of Mekhai
Names related to Mekhai
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
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, “Mekhai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mekhai, updated 20 October 2026.