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Makari

#918 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Alternate transcription of Makariy

Makari has been given to 2,045 babies in the U.S. since 1998. In 2025 it ranked #918 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 257 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 89% boys, 11% girls all-time.

Babies named Makari, 2025

1 in 12,900

Makari over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Makari over time

In 2025, Makari went to 8% girls and 92% boys.

19982025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Makari: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Makariy

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Makari means

Makari is a alternate transcription of Makariy.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Makariy.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,815 boys were recorded with the name Makari between 1998 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 257 in 2025; its best national rank was #918 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,445 in 2020 to #918 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,839 in 2015 to #918 in 2025.

In the United States, 230 girls were recorded with the name Makari between 2002 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 26 in 2022; its best national rank was #5,117 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,101 in 2020 to #5,840 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #12,544 in 2015 to #5,840 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.

How common is Makari?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 12,900
257 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 6,650
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#918
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
8,942 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Makari 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 5004%

Put another way: gather 8,942 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Makari. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Makaris were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Makari was born before 2021 — so the typical Makari is around 4 today.

Median birth year
2021
About 4 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
62.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
98.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,815
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 62.9% of all recorded uses (1,142).

Is Makari 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
+56
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+527
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,921
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
6.12×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (257)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#918
2025

Spellings of Makari

Makari is not the most common spelling — Amari is, with 20.4% against Makari's 1.2%.

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.

Where Makari is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Makari was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 2,941 boys, against 1 in 11,876 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 100,000).

134 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 2,941
  2. 2Alabama1 in 5,000
  3. 3Virginia1 in 5,556
  4. 4Georgia1 in 5,882
  5. 5Illinois1 in 5,882
  6. 6Louisiana1 in 6,250
  7. 7Maryland1 in 6,250
  8. 8South Carolina1 in 6,667

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Makari is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Makari was most concentrated in Ohio — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,495,549 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Ohio1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Makari has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Makari around the world

Where Makari 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
    2010–2025
    #2,664
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2019–2024
    #3,231
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Makari by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#918
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 527
Best rank ever
#918
2025
Peak year
2025
257 that year
First recorded
1998
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,815
Count in 2025
257

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,840
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,261
Best rank ever
#5,117
2022
Peak year
2022
26 that year
First recorded
2002
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
230
Count in 2025
21

Names similar to Makari

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

MakhariMakaioMaksimMakhaiMakoaMakotoMaksymMakiahMakanaJahariBakariCamariZamariKemariAhmariJavariZakariMakhiMakaniMakelDemariJacariTafariKahari

Sibling names for Makari

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

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