girls:
57 births since 1996
#5659 (1st percentile)
boys:
221 births since 1977
#4365 (5th percentile)
overall:
278 births since 1977
#7461 (4th percentile)
The name Mako is the #7,461 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 278 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 3.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,365 (4.8% percentile) for all time with 221 births since 1977. For girls, it ranks #5,659 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 57 births since 1996.
Mako first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for boys and 1996 for girls). Birth data for Mako is available in 19 out of the 47 years between 1977 and 2023 (16 years for boys and 10 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Mako has been given predominantly to boys, with 79.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 84.4% of babies named Mako were boys.
For boys, Mako reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 2.5% percentile (ranked #901) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Mako is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #889 (2.4% percentile) with 15 births per million.
For girls, Mako reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #954) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Mako ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 69.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mako".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Mako. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 81.6% confident that Mako is pronounced as MAH-koh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAY-koh, at 18.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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