Kai
Kai is a well-established choice, ranked #78 in 2025. With 672 babies named Kai in 2025, meeting another Kai at school is a real possibility.
About the Name Kai
Kai has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 1727 places in five years. It was most popular in 2014 at #77 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996. It has broken into the UK top 100 on 3 occasions, signalling genuine mainstream interest.
Kai is a very popular name in the UK — yet a class of 28 is small enough that your child will very likely be the only Kai on the register.
In the US it ranks even higher at #76, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
⭐ Famous People Named Kai
- Kai Cenat — Kai Carlo Cenat III is an American online streamer, YouTuber, and internet personality who specializes in comedic live streams and videos.
- Kai Greene — Leslie Kai Greene is an American professional bodybuilder, actor, and artist.
- Kai Bird — Kai Bird is an American author and columnist, best known for his works on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, United States-Middle East political relations, and his biographies of political figures.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Kai
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Kai
Almost certainly the only Kai in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
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