Zakai Boy
How popular is Zakai?
#563 boy name in 2025
528 baby boys were named Zakai in the US in 2025, making it the 563rd most popular boy name.
Zakai popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #563 for boys (▲ 41 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 528 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+408% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,555 in 2015, #902 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (528 boys) |
| Highest rank | #563 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1998 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Zakai counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Zakai family of names ranked #452 for boys in 2025 (#496 the year before), with 668 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Zakai | 528 | 79% |
| Zaccai | 85 | 13% |
| Zahkai | 21 | 3% |
| Zakkai | 27 | 4% |
| Zacai | 7 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Zakai is most popular
Babies named Zakai per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Georgia: 0.5 per 1,000 (130 boys)
- Delaware: 0.5 per 1,000 (7 boys)
- Maryland: 0.4 per 1,000 (50 boys)
- Florida: 0.4 per 1,000 (194 boys)
- South Carolina: 0.4 per 1,000 (42 boys)
Zakai by decade
Boy names about as popular as Zakai
Questions
- Is Zakai a boy or girl name?
- Zakai is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Zakai were boys.
- How popular is the name Zakai?
- 528 baby boys were named Zakai in the US in 2025, making it the 563rd most popular boy name.
- When was Zakai most popular?
- Zakai peaked in 2025, when 528 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #563 in 2025.
- How many people are named Zakai?
- 4,070 babies have been named Zakai in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,050 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 5.
- Where is Zakai most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Zakai was most common in Georgia, at 0.5 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.