Kairi

#1,040 for girls in 2025, 239 births · #2,941 for boys in 2025, 42 births
Given to girls 91.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
2019 · 421 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,256
since 1980

Kairi over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #689, 2019girlsboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,040239#2,94142
2024#1,027245#3,00141
2023#987259#2,89543
2022#927291#2,79346
2021#855320#4,93619
2020#825330#3,27434
2019#689421#3,89927
2018#713402#3,79328
2017#779352#5,29717
2016#827347#5,78915
2015#769368#5,28917
2014#887306#6,63212
2013#860300#7,02611
2012#885299#6,30613
2011#949271#7,50210
2010#960267#9,6937
2009#1,091233#8,9858
2008#1,084241#9,8717
2007#1,075244#7,59010
2006#1,197202#6,46012
2005#1,855104
2004#1,811105#9,9486
2003#1,98591#6,25811
2002#10,2469#6,08811
2001#6,44510
2000#15,0315#7,4168
1999#6,5309
1998#6,3149
1997#7,2817
1996#7,1367
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First appearance
1980

The first year at least five girls were named Kairi! It came in at #10,392, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1980–2001, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Kairi is popular in 2015

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kairi, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kairi, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kairi, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kairi, so not publishedNHWashington: #593 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,850 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kairi, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kairi, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kairi, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Kairi, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,059 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,503 girlsILWisconsin: #742 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,880 girlsWIMichigan: #586 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,013 girlsMINew York: #2,215 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 18,264 girlsNYMassachusetts: #477 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,298 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kairi, so not publishedRIOregon: #461 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,904 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kairi, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kairi, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kairi, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kairi, so not publishedIAIndiana: #474 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,188 girlsINOhio: #699 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,770 girlsOHPennsylvania: #821 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,799 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Kairi, so not publishedNJConnecticut: #501 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,406 girlsCTCalifornia: #776 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 4,464 girlsCAUtah: #490 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,226 girlsUTColorado: #478 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,127 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kairi, so not publishedNEMissouri: #840 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,533 girlsMOKentucky: #501 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,320 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kairi, so not publishedWVVirginia: #848 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,685 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kairi, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kairi, so not publishedDEArizona: #842 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,415 girlsAZNew Mexico: #274 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 935 girlsNMKansas: #615 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,605 girlsKSArkansas: #446 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,689 girlsARTennessee: #616 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,116 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #1,227 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,567 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #754 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,675 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kairi, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #517 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,104 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kairi, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kairi, so not publishedMSAlabama: #686 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,279 girlsALGeorgia: #559 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,705 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kairi, so not publishedHITexas: #988 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 5,851 girlsTXFlorida: #799 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 4,525 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#274 · 1 in 935
  2. Arkansas#446 · 1 in 1,689
  3. Oregon#461 · 1 in 1,904
  4. Indiana#474 · 1 in 2,188
  5. Massachusetts#477 · 1 in 2,298

Best ever in a state: #111 in Hawaii, 2010.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#27471 in 935
Arkansas#44671 in 1,689
Oregon#46181 in 1,904
Indiana#474141 in 2,188
Massachusetts#477111 in 2,298
Colorado#478111 in 2,127
Utah#49081 in 2,226
Connecticut#50151 in 2,406
Kentucky#50181 in 2,320
Oklahoma#51781 in 2,104
Georgia#559181 in 2,705
Michigan#586141 in 3,013
Washington#593111 in 2,850
Kansas#61551 in 2,605
Tennessee#616101 in 3,116
Alabama#68661 in 3,279
Ohio#699141 in 3,770
Wisconsin#74261 in 3,880
South Carolina#75451 in 3,675
California#776461 in 4,464
Florida#799191 in 4,525
Pennsylvania#821111 in 4,799
Missouri#84061 in 4,533
Arizona#84271 in 4,415
Virginia#84881 in 4,685
Texas#988291 in 5,851
Illinois#1,05991 in 6,503
North Carolina#1,22761 in 7,567
New York#2,21551 in 18,264
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Kairi
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 13 spots since 2024 (#1,027#1,040)
  • 215 spots since 2020 (#825#1,040)
  • 271 spots since 2015 (#769#1,040)
  • Biggest jump: 131 spots in 2010 (#1,091#960)
  • Biggest drop: 136 spots in 2020 (#689#825)
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1980
  • Peaked 2019 at #689 (421 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 2010–2023
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,987
  • Highest: 1 in 3,987 girls born in 2019 were named Kairi (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,725 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 53.3% of all girls named Kairi (3,333) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2003
  • Mostly boys until 2002, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s5#10,392 (1980)#10,392
1990s0
2000s1,234#1,075 (2007)#3,931
2010s3,333#689 (2019)#832
2020s1,684#825 (2020)#944

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Kairi in 2015

girls
#769
368 births · 1 in 4,851 girls
boys
#5,289
17 births · 1 in 112,750 boys

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #769Kairi368

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #5,289Kairi17
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 4,851 of them was named Kairi, which outranked 96.0% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kairi
  1. #763Mina370
  2. #763Noa370
  3. #768Laurel369
  4. #769Kairi368
  5. #769Nola368
  6. #771Ariadne367
  7. #771Martha367
  8. #771Monserrat367

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. 1,984Alaia#2,648#664
  2. 1,835Meilani#2,781#946
  3. 1,733Aitana#2,648#915
  4. 1,387Aislinn#2,351#964
  5. 1,072Taya#2,049#977
Fallers
  1. 1,075Isis#703#1,778
  2. 502Annabell#923#1,425
  3. 500Anabel#911#1,411
  4. 344Cindy#711#1,055
  5. 334Anabella#529#863

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 112,750 of them was named Kairi, which outranked 62.4% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kairi
  1. #5,058Zacari18
  2. #5,058Zayvier18
  3. #5,058Zebulun18
  4. #5,289Kairi17
  5. #5,289Aakash17
  6. #5,289Aalijah17
  7. #5,289Aaran17
  8. #5,507Aasim16
  9. #5,507Aasir16
  10. #5,507Abdiaziz16

Tied with 217 names at #5,289; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. 1,348Riaan#2,277#929
  2. 397Huxley#1,355#958
  3. 355Wilder#1,313#958
  4. 284Jaziel#1,218#934
  5. 268Canaan#1,074#806
Fallers
  1. 676Arnav#891#1,567
  2. 262Jayse#906#1,168
  3. 239Neymar#551#790
  4. 228Rylee#877#1,105
  5. 204Johnathon#915#1,119

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2015