Cai**
#3,192 most common boys' name of all time · #7,737 across all names · 75% male / 25% female · used 1989–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#3,192
Rank overall
#7,737 of 105,966
First appeared
1989
Years on the list
35 of 146
All-time
1,945
Since 2016
1,028
Peak year
2022 #1,623
Best rank
#1,623 2022
Girls
Boys
peak 131/yr
Cai first appears in 1989. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 69 | 81 | #2,118 |
| 2024 | 18 | 83 | 101 | #1,913 |
| 2023 | 25 | 86 | 111 | #1,865 |
| 2022 | 23 | 108 | 131 | #1,623 |
| 2021 | 24 | 87 | 111 | #1,810 |
| 2020 | 38 | 66 | 104 | #2,129 |
| 2019 | 28 | 66 | 94 | #2,167 |
| 2018 | 21 | 65 | 86 | #2,162 |
| 2017 | 25 | 68 | 93 | #2,058 |
| 2016 | 34 | 82 | 116 | #1,841 |
| 2015 | 25 | 82 | 107 | #1,824 |
| 2014 | 21 | 71 | 92 | #2,013 |
| 2013 | 21 | 55 | 76 | #2,330 |
| 2012 | 23 | 54 | 77 | #2,378 |
| 2011 | 27 | 39 | 66 | #2,983 |
| 2010 | 9 | 38 | 47 | #3,059 |
| 2009 | 16 | 41 | 57 | #2,930 |
| 2008 | 15 | 39 | 54 | #3,039 |
| 2007 | 10 | 29 | 39 | #3,653 |
| 2006 | 10 | 23 | 33 | #4,183 |
| 2005 | 12 | 29 | 41 | #3,435 |
| 2004 | 14 | 27 | 41 | #3,517 |
| 2003 | 8 | 25 | 33 | #3,607 |
| 2002 | 9 | 20 | 29 | #4,154 |
| 2001 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #4,627 |
| 2000 | 7 | 16 | 23 | #4,734 |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,365 |
| 1998 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,313 |
| 1997 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #7,868 |
| 1996 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #8,633 |
| 1995 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,528 |
| 1994 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,854 |
| 1993 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,161 |
| 1990 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,363 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,983 |