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Kai

Girl's name · #1054 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

6% girls · 94% boys — About 94% of babies named Kai in recent years have been boys. Kai →

Popularity over time

Kai is near its high-water mark: it reached #770 in 2021 and still ranked #1054 in 2025. About 8,500 girls have carried it since 1953.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 25 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,065 in Canada (2025) · #1,747 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,203 in Sweden (2025) · #4,867 in England & Wales (2025) · #15,029 in Italy (2022) · #2,552 in Austria (2010) · #744 in Scotland (2007) · #4,581 in France (2007).

Famous Kais

• Kai Trump — American social media personality (born 2007)
• Kai Schreiber — British-American actress and model (born 2008)
• Kai Zen — American actress (born 2012)
• Kai Montinola — Filipino actress and singer (born 2006)
• Kai Cheng Thom — Canadian writer and social worker (born 1991)

In stories & tradition

• Kai — The Eminence in Shadow (novel series)

What Kais become

Among 2,002 notable people named Kai:

Similar names: Kaiah · Sky · Kaiya · Shay · Noelani · Kalea

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