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Kairi

#1,041 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

Kairi has been given to 6,825 babies in the U.S. since 1980. In 2025 it ranked #1,041 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 421 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 92% girls, 8% boys all-time.

Babies named Kairi, 2025

1 in 13,900

Kairi over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Kairi over time

In 2025, Kairi went to 85% girls and 15% boys.

19742025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Kairi: meaning, origin, and history

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kairi means

Kairi is a modern given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Kairi is used in Estonian.

Kairi is a modern formation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,256 girls were recorded with the name Kairi between 1980 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 421 in 2019; its best national rank was #689 in 2019.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #826 in 2020 to #1,041 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #769 in 2015 to #1,041 in 2025.

In the United States, 569 boys were recorded with the name Kairi between 1974 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 46 in 2022; its best national rank was #2,810 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,302 in 2020 to #2,957 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,395 in 2015 to #2,957 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kairi?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 13,900
239 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 6,720
0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,041
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
9,616 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kairi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5004%

Put another way: gather 9,616 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kairi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kairis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kairi was born before 2016 — so the typical Kairi is around 9 today.

Median birth year
2016
About 9 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
53.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
99.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
6,256
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 53.3% of all recorded uses (3,333).

Is Kairi rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−13
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−215
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−272
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.65×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
56.8%
Peak was 2019 (421)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
12.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#689
2019

Spellings of Kairi

Kairi is not the most common spelling — Kara is, with 14.3% against Kairi's 0.88%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Kairi is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Kairi was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 714 girls, against 1 in 4,862 across all states with data. It was least common in South Carolina (1 in 33,333).

3140 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 714
  2. 2Nevada1 in 2,632
  3. 3Oklahoma1 in 2,632
  4. 4Utah1 in 2,857
  5. 5Colorado1 in 3,226
  6. 6Indiana1 in 3,448
  7. 7Washington1 in 3,448
  8. 8Tennessee1 in 3,571

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Kairi is one of the more regionally concentrated names in the country — more concentrated than 95% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Kairi is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Kairi was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 707,470 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —
  4. 4Pennsylvania1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kairi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kairi around the world

Where Kairi ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2003–2025
    #2,788
    in 2025
  • France
    2016–2020
    #6,068
    in 2020
  • Canada
    2004–2024
    #2,256
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1968–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Kairi

People whose public names include Kairi, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Kairi by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,041
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 215
Best rank ever
#689
2019
Peak year
2019
421 that year
First recorded
1980
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,256
Count in 2025
239

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,957
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 345
Best rank ever
#2,810
2022
Peak year
2022
46 that year
First recorded
1974
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
569
Count in 2025
42

Names similar to Kairi

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Kairi

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Kairi, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Kairi

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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