boy's name
Mkai
- Gender Boy
- Letters 4
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 73
Mkai is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2025, when 12 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 276,319 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 2004.
Mkai over time
Births per decade in the United States, 2000s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 2000s | 14 |
| 2010s | 29 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 27 |
How popular is Mkai?
In 2025, Mkai was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Where Mkai is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
How Mkai is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| M'kai | M'kai is Mkai written with an apostrophe, used in England and Wales, where it ranks #5,101. | 3 |
Names that peaked alongside Mkai
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Mkai also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Mkai over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Mkai
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Mkai — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Mkai
How popular is the name Mkai?
In 2025, Mkai was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Mkai a girl's or a boy's name?
Mkai is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
When was Mkai most popular?
Mkai peaked in 2025, when 12 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Mkai a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Mkai currently ranks #6,873 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.