Kai Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Kai: every year it appeared on the national list since 1926, with 70,232 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

70,232

Peak year

2022 #59

Years on the list

10-year trend

+34.6%

In the 2020s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1926–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	1,790	#202
2012	1,938	#197
2013	1,983	#199
2014	2,411	#177
2015	2,852	#145
2016	2,895	#145
2017	3,158	#126
2018	3,463	#112
2019	3,744	#100
2020	3,867	#93
2021	4,641	#70
2022	5,374	#59
2023	4,976	#61
2024	4,301	#76
2025	3,768	#93

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 2022

765

510

498

267

196

194

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