girls:
194 births since 2002
#5522 (3rd percentile)
boys:
1.3k births since 1998
#3294 (28th percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1998
#6228 (20th percentile)
The name Makari is the #6,228 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,517 recorded births since 1998. This represents the 19.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,294 (28.1% percentile) for all time with 1,323 births since 1998. For girls, it ranks #5,522 (3.4% percentile) for all time with 194 births since 2002.
Makari first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1998 (1998 for boys and 2002 for girls).
The name Makari has been given predominantly to boys, with 87.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 93.6% of babies named Makari were boys.
For boys, Makari reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 20.4% percentile (ranked #725) with 104 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 104 births per million (ranked 20.4% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Makari is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #725 (20.4% percentile) with 104 births per million.
For girls, Makari reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #937) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Makari ranks #939 for girls (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 51.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Makari".
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