Zakai

What Zakai means

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

Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #563 vs #1,226 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Zakai?

US: Rising: up from #1555 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2707 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 528 boys got the name (#563 that year). First in the US records in 1998.

How common

• About 1 in 3,235 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 11,823 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 DE (2.38 per 1,000 boys), NM (0.77 per 1,000 boys), GA (0.66 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Zakai is #563 in the US and #1226 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Zakai were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Sakai131 US
• Zaki57 US · 32 E&W
• Sekai56 US
• Xakai36 US
• Zakkai27 US
• Zahkai21 US
• Zekai15 US · 4 E&W
• Zeki5 US · 5 E&W

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 Zakai

Boys

• Leonardo#91Italian, from Old French Leonard, meaning “as strong as a lion”^*
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Emiliano#94Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #94 vs #1,359 in 2025
• Malakai#213Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #491 in 2015, #213 in 2025
• Jett#169Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #169 vs #452 in 2025
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*

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
• Kaia#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #447 in 2015, #193 in 2025
• Selah#216“to hang”^*
• Lilith#277Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #586 in 2015, #277 in 2025
• 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 Zakai’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.