Mak

#7,046 in 2025Boys' name

Poppy (flower)

Mak has been given to 186 babies in the U.S. since 1956. In 2025 it ranked #7,046 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 18 recorded.

Babies named Mak, 2025

1 in 276,000

Mak 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Mak: meaning, origin, and history

Poppy (flower)

Latin

What Mak means

Mak means “poppy (flower)”.

Origin, language, and formation

Mak is used in Haitian Creole. Its origins include Latin.

Mak comes through French Marc and Latin Mārcus.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Mark.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Haitian Creole, Mak is pronounced /mak/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 186 boys were recorded with the name Mak between 1956 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 18 in 2022; its best national rank was #4,269 in 1956.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,168 in 2020 to #7,046 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,577 in 2015 to #7,046 in 2025.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Mak?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 276,000; 12 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 142,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #7,046; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 191,493 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Mak 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 2025 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 191,493 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mak. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Maks were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Mak was born before 2018 — so the typical Mak is around 7 today.

Median birth year: 2018; About 7 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 43.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 94.6%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 186; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 43.5% of all recorded uses (81).

Is Mak 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: +1,058; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: −878; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: +4,531; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 2.00×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 66.7%; Peak was 2022 (18)
Years since peak: 3; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 30.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,269; 1956

Mak around the world

Where Mak ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1997–2007
#4,333
in 2007
South Australia
1991–2005
#643
in 2005

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Mak by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #7,046
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 878
Best rank ever: #4,269; 1956
Peak year: 2022; 18 that year
First recorded: 1956
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 186
Count in 2025: 12

Names similar to Mak

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

Mako Maks Makar Maki Makya Makye Makeo Makel Makeen Makani Makana Makiah Maksym Makoto Makahi Makih Makaii Makyi Makoa Makhari Makale Makail Makaius Makyle

Sibling names for Mak

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

Annabell Abagail Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Keren Kendyl Anabel

For a brother

Kale Aaden Hamilton Evans Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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