Nakai

Meaning: Not established
Origin: Modern coinage — In the style of Makai and Nakia, first counted in 1974, the year of the television series Nakia

Boy's name · #2275 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Nakai is climbing: on the charts since 1974, it reached #2275 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 60 boys given the name last year. Roughly 950 have carried it all-time.

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 2 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#4,790 in England & Wales (2022) · #2,812 in Canada (2021) · #8,496 in Ecuador (2008).

Famous Nakais

Nakai Penny — Canadian rugby union player (born 1996)
Nakai Chikuzan — Japanese academic (1730–1804)

Similar names: Jahsir · Nakoa · Rakai · Zaccai · Akai · Asai

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