Makari

What Makari means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Makari yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #2,809 in 2015, #917 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Makari?

US: Rising: up from #2809 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 257 boys got the name (#917 that year). First in the US records in 1998.

How common

• About 1 in 6,646 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 33,992 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MS (1.02 per 1,000 boys), AL (0.56 per 1,000 boys), VA (0.46 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Makari is #917 in the US and #2664 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 92.4% of US babies named Makari were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Macari17 US
• Mahkari14 US
• Mikari6 US
• Makarri5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Makari

Boys

• Leonardo#91Italian, from Old French Leonard, meaning “as strong as a lion”^*
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Jett#169Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #169 vs #452 in 2025
• Cyrus#268Editor’s note Up from #469 in 2015 to #268 in 2025 in the US
• Amari#185“Does the given name have different origins?”^*
• Malakai#213Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #491 in 2015, #213 in 2025

For a sister

• Emersyn#138Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #138 vs #3,705 in 2025
• Gia#287Editor’s note Up from #372 in 2015 to #287 in 2025 in the US
• Lilith#277Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #586 in 2015, #277 in 2025
• Kaia#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #447 in 2015, #193 in 2025
• Georgia#99“farmer”^*
• Elianna#218Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #598 in 2015, #218 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Makari’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.