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Maki

#8,660 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Real, genuine

Maki has been given to 730 babies in the U.S. since 1995. In 2025 it ranked #8,660 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2006, with 40 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 71% boys, 29% girls all-time.

Babies named Maki, 2025

1 in 368,000

Maki over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
01020304018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Maki over time

In 2025, Maki went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19702025

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.

Maki: meaning, origin, and history

Real, genuine

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Maki means

Maki means “real, genuine”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 519 boys were recorded with the name Maki between 1995 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 40 in 2006; its best national rank was #2,823 in 2004.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,237 in 2020 to #8,660 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,926 in 2015 to #8,660 in 2025.

In the United States, 211 girls were recorded with the name Maki between 1970 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1992; its best national rank was #7,101 in 1973.

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 Maki?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 368,000
9 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 190,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#8,660
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
255,323 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Maki 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 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Maki. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Makis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Maki was born before 2009 — so the typical Maki is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
49.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
94.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
519
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 49.9% of all recorded uses (259).

Is Maki 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
+1,868
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+577
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,734
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.75×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
22.5%
Peak was 2006 (40)
Years since peak
19
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,823
2004

Spellings of Maki

Maki is not the most common spelling — Mark is, with 51.2% against Maki's 0.02%.

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 Maki is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Maki was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,015,265 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in —
  2. 2Pennsylvania1 in —

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. Maki has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Maki is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Maki was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 3,202,555 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 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. Maki has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Maki around the world

Where Maki 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.

  • France
    2013–2014
    #5,725
    in 2014

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Maki by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,660
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 577
Best rank ever
#2,823
2004
Peak year
2006
40 that year
First recorded
1995
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
519
Count in 2025
9

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,101
1973
Peak year
1992
10 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
211
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Maki

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

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Sibling names for Maki

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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