Kasai
- #11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- #639 for boys in 2025, 437 births
- Given to boys 98.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 437 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,065since 1996
Kasai over time
Rank among boys' names. Kasai has never cracked the top 600 here.
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 | #11,932 | 7 | #639 | 437 |
| 2024 | — | #1,735 | 95 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #2,221 | 64 |
| 2022 | — | #2,438 | 57 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,775 | 45 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,467 | 52 | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #2,062 | 70 |
| 2018 | — | #3,446 | 32 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,993 | 26 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,943 | 19 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,746 | 15 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,562 | 10 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,789 | 8 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,050 | 11 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,767 | 8 | |
| 2010 | — | #9,693 | 7 | |
| 2009 | — | #9,864 | 7 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,019 | 8 | |
| 2007 | — | #8,915 | 8 | |
| 2006 | — | #7,998 | 9 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,096 | 10 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,877 | 12 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,794 | 22 | |
| 2001 | — | #9,243 | 6 | |
| 2000 | — | #7,416 | 8 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kasai! It came in at #9,015, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1996–1998, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kasai is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Delaware#114 · 1 in 327
- Pennsylvania#304 · 1 in 1,412
- Maryland#364 · 1 in 1,636
- Mississippi#370 · 1 in 1,355
- Michigan#375 · 1 in 1,748
Best ever in a state: #114 in Delaware, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | #114 | 9 | 1 in 327 |
| Pennsylvania | #304 | 37 | 1 in 1,412 |
| Maryland | #364 | 14 | 1 in 1,636 |
| Mississippi | #370 | 8 | 1 in 1,355 |
| Michigan | #375 | 23 | 1 in 1,748 |
| South Carolina | #385 | 13 | 1 in 1,631 |
| Nevada | #389 | 7 | 1 in 1,613 |
| Virginia | #408 | 19 | 1 in 1,961 |
| Georgia | #414 | 27 | 1 in 1,860 |
| North Carolina | #431 | 25 | 1 in 2,059 |
| Louisiana | #450 | 10 | 1 in 1,913 |
| New York | #463 | 36 | 1 in 2,345 |
| New Jersey | #488 | 15 | 1 in 2,651 |
| Iowa | #493 | 6 | 1 in 2,305 |
| Florida | #515 | 34 | 1 in 2,810 |
| Arkansas | #555 | 5 | 1 in 2,517 |
| Massachusetts | #555 | 8 | 1 in 3,378 |
| Tennessee | #592 | 12 | 1 in 3,064 |
| Alabama | #685 | 6 | 1 in 3,586 |
| Ohio | #750 | 11 | 1 in 4,776 |
| Illinois | #752 | 11 | 1 in 4,505 |
| Minnesota | #807 | 5 | 1 in 4,900 |
| Texas | #828 | 32 | 1 in 5,470 |
| Missouri | #869 | 5 | 1 in 5,562 |
| Arizona | #927 | 5 | 1 in 6,545 |
| California | #1,040 | 20 | 1 in 8,774 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Kasai
- 1,828 spots since 2020 (#2,467 → #639)
- Biggest jump: 1,096 spots in 2025
- Debuted 1996
- Peaked 2025 at #639 (437 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 2025
- Highest: 1 in 3,909 boys born in 2025 were named Kasai (0.03%)
- 70.4% of all boys named Kasai (750) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12 | #7,874 (1999) | #8,445 |
| 2000s | 97 | #3,794 (2002) | #7,815 |
| 2010s | 206 | #2,062 (2019) | #6,205 |
| 2020s | 750 | #639 (2025) | #2,046 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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