Cai

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Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Origin: Chinese

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

Cai first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2006 with 192 babies (rank #214 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Cai

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

2,243
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
192
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
199646#437
199762#369
199877#324
199959#384
200094#288
200189#306
2002102#272
2003138#233
2004120#271
2005148#236
2006192#214
2007146#275
2008145#289
2009142#299
2010120#349
2011107#376
201286#462
201398#413
201485#465
201591#446
201679#513