Kai

Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 11% girls / 89% boys

Kai first appears in the U.S. data in 1926 and has been recorded in 79 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2022 with 5,366 babies (rank #59 that year). In 2024 it was given to 4,276 boys (rank #76). The name has been rising over the last five years.
74,652
Total babies (all years)
79
Years in the data
5,366
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19266#3,959
19326#3,571
19445#3,679
19495#3,971
19509#2,671
195114#2,099
19525#4,001
195310#2,621
195414#2,162
195522#1,662
195612#2,436
195716#2,056
195820#1,808
195926#1,570
196020#1,842
196123#1,717
196229#1,464
196335#1,332
196432#1,397
196533#1,347
196636#1,271
196740#1,190
196847#1,094
196946#1,159
197058#1,075
197140#1,340
197253#1,123
197353#1,132
197450#1,173
197558#1,109
197654#1,172
197766#1,065
197874#1,009
197987#950
198083#994
198189#958
198295#920
198375#1,026
198485#964
198599#915
198696#935
1987105#925
198893#1,016
1989140#850
1990124#928
1991155#831
1992159#837
1993182#784
1994215#714
1995357#535
1996297#598
1997322#576
1998363#548
1999465#478
2000622#403
2001718#370
20021,108#276
20031,217#264
20041,324#249
20051,413#239
20061,451#238
20071,399#252
20081,609#229
20091,759#213
20101,749#205
20111,790#202
20121,938#197
20131,983#199
20142,411#177
20152,852#145
20162,895#145
20173,155#126
20183,462#112
20193,741#100
20203,863#93
20214,638#70
20225,366#59
20234,967#61
20244,276#76