boys:
1.1k births since 1998
#3458 (25th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1998
#6595 (15th percentile)
The name Makaio is the #6,595 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,145 recorded births since 1998. This represents the 14.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,458 (24.6% percentile) for all time with 1,145 births since 1998.
Makaio first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1998 (first recorded for boys in 1998).
For boys, Makaio reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 9.0% percentile (ranked #829) with 48 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 48 births per million (ranked 9.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Makaio is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #829 (9.0% percentile) with 48 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Makaio".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Makaio. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.0% confident that Makaio is pronounced as muh-KAI-oh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mah-KAI-oh, at 25.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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