Unisex name · since 1998
Makari
1,815 babies named Makari in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,506 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #918 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,815
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
1,815 babies have been named Makari since 1998, making it today's #918 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Makari has been recorded 1,815 times among boys since 1998, currently ranked #918 nationally and more common than 93% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #3,506 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #918 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,815 born since 1998
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Makari ranks #3,506 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #918 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,815 born since 1998, peaking in the 2020s.
- #3,506 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #918 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,815
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Makari's 1,815 recorded births place it above 92.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
22 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Makari compares
1,815 Top 23% higher than 77% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Makari's all-time total is 5x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Makari | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,815 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 257 | 34 | 22,252 |
Makari's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Makari's full recorded timeline at 2012, 86% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 14% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 257 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Makari popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 257
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Makari popularity over time - girls
230 total births recorded since 2002 (Makari as girls' name)
Makari by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,142 births, 63% of the file).
2020s was Makari's strongest decade.
1,142 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Makari births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s 156
2000s
156 births
- 2010s
2010s
505 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,142 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,142 births (63% of all-time use).
How Makari compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Makari's total volume
Makari by state
Where Makari concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 119 | 6.6% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 102 | 5.6% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 98 | 5.4% |
| #4 | Texas | | 81 | 4.5% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 75 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 74 | 4.1% |
| #7 | New York | | 65 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Alabama | | 44 | 2.4% |
119 of 1,815 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Makari appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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- Florida records the most Makaris (119 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Makari: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~27 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Makari draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.