How rare is the name Kairi?

4,422 people in the United States have the first name Kairi, about 1 in 68,302. It ranks #4,294 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KAIRI

#4,294

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,422
About
1 in 68,302
This common or more
83.8%
Who bears it

Of the 4,422 people named Kairi, 46.6% reported their origin as White, 24% as Hispanic or Latino and 11.9% as two or more races. 92.9% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kairi peaked in 2019, when 448 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19742025
Peak year
2019
Births that year
448
In 2025*
281 ▼37%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,825 babies have been given the name since 1974. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Kairi by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,483. The largest share of babies named Kairi, 66.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#14,22933
1980s#19,49524
1990s#18,58852
2000s#2,7471,317
2010s#1,4833,490
2020s#1,6211,909
Generation X 1965–800.7%
Millennials 1981–960.6%
Generation Z 1997–1232.4%
2013 and later66.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Kairi is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kairi has been most common in Hawaii (3.9×), Nevada (3.9×), and Utah (3.2×), and least common in New Jersey (0.27×).

5,090 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Kairi

#4,292 Tanesha · 4,426#4,293 Kylah · 4,424#4,295 Hayleigh · 4,421#4,296 Halima · 4,420

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kairi, most common first.

#842 Kari · 55,005#4,547 Karri · 4,052#6,698 Kairo · 2,366#6,789 Kaira · 2,321#6,942 Kaori · 2,252#31,031 Kaari · 278#34,922 Kairy · 232#36,086 Kahri · 221

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