Rakai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ra-KYE
- US rank, 2025
- #2,258 for boys
Rakai is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 2,258th for boys in the US (62 babies).
Where does Rakai come from?
Origin uncertain
Is Rakai a girl's or a boy's name?
Rakai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 62 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rakai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,258th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 62 about 1 in 28,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 62 boys in the US were named Rakai, making it the 2,258th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. It first appears in the records in 2006.
2025 had the most boys named Rakai of any year since it first appeared, in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Rakai in the US since 1880 were born between 2022 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rakai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62 | #2,258 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,175 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
Names like Rakai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kasai, Jasai, Sakai, Rumi, Azai, Kairo, Zakai, Akari, Tru, Kaizen, Jakai, Akai
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, “Rakai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rakai, updated 20 October 2026.