Kalai**
#9,346 most common boys' name of all time · #23,629 across all names · 77% male / 23% female · used 1991–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#9,346
Rank overall
#23,629 of 105,966
First appeared
1991
Years on the list
28 of 146
All-time
318
Since 2016
132
Peak year
2025 #5,121
Best rank
#5,121 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 24/yr
Kalai first appears in 1991. 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 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #5,121 |
| 2024 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,609 |
| 2023 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,927 |
| 2022 | 8 | 10 | 18 | #8,009 |
| 2021 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2020 | 9 | 13 | 22 | #6,459 |
| 2019 | 10 | 9 | 19 | #8,516 |
| 2018 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,926 |
| 2017 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,472 |
| 2016 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,453 |
| 2015 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #10,045 |
| 2014 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,447 |
| 2012 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,322 |
| 2011 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,802 |
| 2010 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,374 |
| 2009 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #9,421 |
| 2008 | — | 10 | 10 | #8,043 |
| 2007 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,927 |
| 2006 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,402 |
| 2005 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,796 |
| 2004 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,403 |
| 2003 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,578 |
| 2002 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,882 |
| 2001 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #6,796 |
| 2000 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #5,247 |
| 1998 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,218 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1991 | 5 | — | 5 | — |