Haki

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Haki has been given to 28 babies in the U.S. since 1980. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1980, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Haki, 2021

1 in 678,000

Haki over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Haki: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Haki means

Haki is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Haki is used in Albanian and Māori.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 28 boys were recorded with the name Haki between 1980 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1980; its best national rank was #4,659 in 1980.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Haki?

Haki had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2021, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2021: 1 in 678,000; 5 of 3,389,958 births
Among boys only: 1 in 350,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2021: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 469,949 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Haki sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2021 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 469,949 children born in 2021 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Haki. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hakis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Haki was born before 2001 — so the typical Haki is around 24 today.

Median birth year: 2001; About 24 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 35.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 53.6%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 28; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 35.7% of all recorded uses (10).

Is Haki rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1980 (8)
Years since peak: 45; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #4,659; 1980

Spellings of Haki

Haki is not the most common spelling — Jake is, with 29.6% against Haki's <0.01%.

Jake29.6%129,322
Kai16.1%70,232
Ali7.9%34,383
Ari4.7%20,592
Hank3.9%16,984
Hal3.8%16,784
Hans3.6%15,677
Makai2.1%9,298

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Haki by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,659; 1980
Peak year: 1980; 8 that year
First recorded: 1980
Last recorded: 2021
All-time count: 28
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Haki

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Haku Hakam Baki Hakon Naki Hakari Hakob Hakeim Taki Hakan Laki Saki Jaki Hakeen Alaki Hakoda Shaki Hakiem Melaki Hakop Maki Zhaki Jhaki Siaki

Sibling names for Haki

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Charissa Sharonda Shameka Darci Tosha Candi Siobhan Starla

For a brother

Leopoldo Jerod Wilfredo Antwan Ashley Delvin Chauncey Kareem

Explore around Haki

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