The name Kai is of Scandinavian origin, and is an alternate form of Gaius.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Kai has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Kai
Use of the Name Kai for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
8,446
8,446
8,361
6,748
4,949
2,510
1,300
The table below indicates the number of times the name Kai has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Kai first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1979, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Kai
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1979
958
85
1980
997
82
1981
960
88
1982
925
94
1983
1984
962
85
1985
915
99
1986
938
95
1987
929
104
1988
1989
859
137
1990
929
124
1991
835
153
1992
837
159
1993
788
179
1994
712
214
1995
533
357
1996
599
297
1997
577
320
1998
549
362
1999
479
463
2000
404
619
2001
369
717
2002
276
1,103
2003
264
1,210
2004
248
1,300
Totals:
8,446
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Kai as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and almost never as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are significantly lower than actual counts because the name Kai appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 24 times during the last 125 years.