Kai*
#378 most common boys' name of all time · #826 across all names · 89% male / 11% female · used 1926–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#378
Rank overall
#826 of 105,966
First appeared
1926
Years on the list
80 of 146
All-time
78,710
Since 2016
43,304
Peak year
2022 #59
Best rank
#59 2022
Girls
Boys
peak 5,732/yr
Kai first appears in 1926. 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 | 234 | 3,768 | 4,002 | #93 |
| 2024 | 214 | 4,301 | 4,515 | #76 |
| 2023 | 282 | 4,976 | 5,258 | #61 |
| 2022 | 358 | 5,374 | 5,732 | #59 |
| 2021 | 371 | 4,641 | 5,012 | #70 |
| 2020 | 344 | 3,867 | 4,211 | #93 |
| 2019 | 338 | 3,744 | 4,082 | #100 |
| 2018 | 318 | 3,463 | 3,781 | #112 |
| 2017 | 338 | 3,158 | 3,496 | #126 |
| 2016 | 320 | 2,895 | 3,215 | #145 |
| 2015 | 311 | 2,852 | 3,163 | #145 |
| 2014 | 270 | 2,411 | 2,681 | #177 |
| 2013 | 282 | 1,983 | 2,265 | #199 |
| 2012 | 281 | 1,938 | 2,219 | #197 |
| 2011 | 294 | 1,790 | 2,084 | #202 |
| 2010 | 268 | 1,750 | 2,018 | #205 |
| 2009 | 235 | 1,759 | 1,994 | #213 |
| 2008 | 234 | 1,609 | 1,843 | #229 |
| 2007 | 210 | 1,399 | 1,609 | #252 |
| 2006 | 180 | 1,451 | 1,631 | #238 |
| 2005 | 185 | 1,413 | 1,598 | #239 |
| 2004 | 164 | 1,324 | 1,488 | #249 |
| 2003 | 148 | 1,217 | 1,365 | #264 |
| 2002 | 158 | 1,108 | 1,266 | #276 |
| 2001 | 128 | 718 | 846 | #370 |
| 2000 | 131 | 622 | 753 | #403 |
| 1999 | 144 | 465 | 609 | #478 |
| 1998 | 126 | 363 | 489 | #548 |
| 1997 | 128 | 322 | 450 | #575 |
| 1996 | 87 | 297 | 384 | #598 |
| 1995 | 81 | 357 | 438 | #536 |
| 1994 | 88 | 216 | 304 | #711 |
| 1993 | 79 | 182 | 261 | #784 |
| 1992 | 68 | 159 | 227 | #837 |
| 1991 | 53 | 155 | 208 | #832 |
| 1990 | 51 | 124 | 175 | #928 |
| 1989 | 38 | 140 | 178 | #851 |
| 1988 | 43 | 93 | 136 | #1,017 |
| 1987 | 34 | 105 | 139 | #926 |
| 1986 | 29 | 96 | 125 | #935 |
| 1985 | 33 | 99 | 132 | #912 |
| 1984 | 49 | 85 | 134 | #962 |
| 1983 | 37 | 75 | 112 | #1,024 |
| 1982 | 40 | 94 | 134 | #922 |
| 1981 | 46 | 88 | 134 | #961 |
| 1980 | 64 | 83 | 147 | #992 |
| 1979 | 56 | 87 | 143 | #948 |
| 1978 | 67 | 74 | 141 | #1,009 |
| 1977 | 45 | 66 | 111 | #1,069 |
| 1976 | 42 | 54 | 96 | #1,170 |
| 1975 | 41 | 58 | 99 | #1,110 |
| 1974 | 43 | 50 | 93 | #1,181 |
| 1973 | 44 | 53 | 97 | #1,131 |
| 1972 | 46 | 52 | 98 | #1,136 |
| 1971 | 24 | 40 | 64 | #1,348 |
| 1970 | 21 | 58 | 79 | #1,078 |
| 1969 | 6 | 46 | 52 | #1,163 |
| 1968 | 13 | 47 | 60 | #1,097 |
| 1967 | 14 | 40 | 54 | #1,193 |
| 1966 | 10 | 36 | 46 | #1,278 |
| 1965 | 15 | 33 | 48 | #1,358 |
| 1964 | 6 | 32 | 38 | #1,406 |
| 1963 | 8 | 35 | 43 | #1,334 |
| 1962 | 14 | 29 | 43 | #1,475 |
| 1961 | 9 | 23 | 32 | #1,725 |
| 1960 | 7 | 20 | 27 | #1,846 |
| 1959 | 7 | 26 | 33 | #1,582 |
| 1958 | 9 | 20 | 29 | #1,824 |
| 1957 | 12 | 16 | 28 | #2,083 |
| 1956 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,470 |
| 1955 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,677 |
| 1954 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,194 |
| 1953 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #2,683 |
| 1952 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,127 |
| 1950 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,747 |
| 1949 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,081 |
| 1944 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,839 |
| 1932 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,754 |
| 1926 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,192 |