Kai

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Primarily a boy's name · 98% boys

Origin: German

Meaning

The name Kai has various origins and meanings in different cultures: In Estonian, Kai is a female name derived from Katherine. In Persian, Kai, or Kay, is a male name, meaning "king". It is also the name of a mythological shah in the Shahnameh.

From Wikipedia

Kai first appears in the data in 1963 and has been recorded in 51 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2008 with 136 babies (rank #124 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Kai

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Kai yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

2,514
Total babies (all years)
51
Years in the data
136
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19631#1,016
19641#993
19651#1,071
19665#739
19677#660
19684#825
19694#861
19703#909
19713#895
19733#888
19748#684
197512#558
197615#501
197718#453
197812#576
197910#621
198024#417
198128#389
198212#600
198323#427
198427#407
198536#348
198631#390
198722#486
198837#367
198938#376
199034#418
199141#367
199240#371
199331#430
199441#364
199560#280
199645#355
199746#346
199859#297
199960#299
200065#284
200174#252
200288#221
2003107#183
2004109#170
2005114#162
2006109#162
2007107#160
2008136#124
2009136#124
2010127#126
2011102#147
2012112#132
2013104#138
2014135#113