Zekai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zeh-KY
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Zekai is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “intelligent”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Zekai mean?
Arabic: Turkish name from Arabic dhaka 'intelligence'; in the US perhaps also Zeke + Kai
“intelligent”
Related to the Turkish word zeka, intelligence, which comes from Arabic.
Is Zekai a girl's or a boy's name?
Zekai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zekai in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 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, 4 boys in the UK were named Zekai, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2021, with 5 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Zekai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
How popular is Zekai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 150% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Zekai, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 2012.
Half of all the boys named Zekai in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zekai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
Nicknames for Zekai
- Zeke 32 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Zekai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayan Zayaan Zayn Kairo Zayd Arham Yahya Koa Muhammad Musa Zayyan Rayyan
Names related to Zekai
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Safa Liyana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Zekai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zekai, updated 20 October 2026.