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
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2019 · 421 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,256since 1980
Kairi over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,040 | 239 | #2,941 | 42 |
| 2024 | #1,027 | 245 | #3,001 | 41 |
| 2023 | #987 | 259 | #2,895 | 43 |
| 2022 | #927 | 291 | #2,793 | 46 |
| 2021 | #855 | 320 | #4,936 | 19 |
| 2020 | #825 | 330 | #3,274 | 34 |
| 2019 | #689 | 421 | #3,899 | 27 |
| 2018 | #713 | 402 | #3,793 | 28 |
| 2017 | #779 | 352 | #5,297 | 17 |
| 2016 | #827 | 347 | #5,789 | 15 |
| 2015 | #769 | 368 | #5,289 | 17 |
| 2014 | #887 | 306 | #6,632 | 12 |
| 2013 | #860 | 300 | #7,026 | 11 |
| 2012 | #885 | 299 | #6,306 | 13 |
| 2011 | #949 | 271 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2010 | #960 | 267 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #1,091 | 233 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #1,084 | 241 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #1,075 | 244 | #7,590 | 10 |
| 2006 | #1,197 | 202 | #6,460 | 12 |
| 2005 | #1,855 | 104 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,811 | 105 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #1,985 | 91 | #6,258 | 11 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | — | #6,445 | 10 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | — | #6,530 | 9 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,314 | 9 | |
| 1997 | — | #7,281 | 7 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,501 | 10 | |
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| 1992 | — | #8,435 | 5 | |
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| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
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| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #4,940 | 7 |
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| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,471 | 10 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,078 | 12 | |
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
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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 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #136 | 6 | 1 in 358 |
| Nevada | #433 | 6 | 1 in 1,534 |
| Utah | #539 | 7 | 1 in 2,440 |
| Oklahoma | #697 | 5 | 1 in 2,956 |
| Tennessee | #748 | 9 | 1 in 3,564 |
| New York | #790 | 20 | 1 in 3,916 |
| California | #830 | 35 | 1 in 4,621 |
| Ohio | #878 | 10 | 1 in 4,727 |
| North Carolina | #905 | 10 | 1 in 4,648 |
| Arizona | #909 | 6 | 1 in 4,703 |
| Indiana | #916 | 6 | 1 in 4,651 |
| Illinois | #927 | 9 | 1 in 4,925 |
| Washington | #1,046 | 5 | 1 in 5,772 |
| Georgia | #1,075 | 8 | 1 in 5,651 |
| Virginia | #1,180 | 5 | 1 in 6,748 |
| Texas | #1,190 | 22 | 1 in 7,297 |
| Michigan | #1,210 | 5 | 1 in 7,146 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 6 | 1 in 7,781 |
| Florida | #1,545 | 8 | 1 in 10,845 |
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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
- 215 spots since 2020 (#825 → #1,040)
- Biggest jump: 131 spots in 2010
- Biggest drop: 136 spots in 2020
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
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5 | #10,392 (1980) | #10,392 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 1,234 | #1,075 (2007) | #3,931 |
| 2010s | 3,333 | #689 (2019) | #832 |
| 2020s | 1,684 | #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.
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