Maui ranks #514 with 239 entries, registered as gender-neutral. The cultural anchor for most American owners is Maui from Disney's Moana (2016), the demigod voiced by Dwayne Johnson, though the name also carries direct geographic weight as the Hawaiian island. Both readings produce the same warm, oceanic register.
The Moana lineage
Maui clusters with Moana, Kona, and Koa in the Hawaiian-and-Pacific pet-naming cohort. The Disney film cemented the name in mainstream rotation, and the gender-neutral skew on our chart reflects the character's mythological-trickster register rather than any gendered association.
Breed lean
Maui lands on stocky, friendly breeds whose silhouettes match the demigod's barrel-chested presence — French Bulldogs, Pugs, English Bulldogs, and broad-chested rescue mixes. There's also a smaller cluster of cats wearing the name, often with calico or sandy markings that owners read as island-coded.
The geographic counter-reading
A real cohort of owners reach Maui through the island itself, particularly families with personal Hawaii ties or owners who adopted their pet during or after a Maui trip. The 2023 Lahaina wildfires gave the name additional emotional weight in some households as a kind of tribute. The Maui human name page shows the name climbing slowly in baby-name rotation post-2016.
The name's gender-neutral skew on our chart matches the cultural register: Maui as a name does not feel strongly masculine or feminine, which gives owners flexibility on a pet whose energy reads either way.