Kai in California
Babies in California
13,143
since 1954
Rank in California · 2025
#1,053
recorded as girls
#58
recorded as boys
Peak year in California
2022
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in California, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Kai in California from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | 1,053 | 601 | 58 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,264 | 594 | 64 |
| 2023 | 29 | 971 | 670 | 55 |
| 2022 | 33 | 922 | 765 | 51 |
| 2021 | 45 | 731 | 693 | 57 |
| 2020 | 26 | 1,063 | 583 | 76 |
| 2019 | 29 | 1,006 | 533 | 89 |
| 2018 | 36 | 877 | 499 | 96 |
| 2017 | 29 | 1,051 | 490 | 106 |
| 2016 | 30 | 1,043 | 495 | 112 |
| 2015 | 29 | 1,055 | 447 | 119 |
| 2014 | 29 | 1,100 | 435 | 123 |
| 2013 | 39 | 852 | 374 | 141 |
| 2012 | 37 | 903 | 384 | 140 |
| 2011 | 35 | 946 | 334 | 159 |
| 2010 | 34 | 993 | 388 | 142 |
| 2009 | 28 | 1,148 | 365 | 150 |
| 2008 | 25 | 1,260 | 372 | 157 |
| 2007 | 15 | 1,735 | 309 | 188 |
| 2006 | 21 | 1,375 | 332 | 174 |
| 2005 | 25 | 1,204 | 309 | 179 |
| 2004 | 23 | 1,241 | 326 | 170 |
| 2003 | 19 | 1,401 | 281 | 184 |
| 2002 | 21 | 1,292 | 266 | 188 |
| 2001 | 17 | 1,447 | 181 | 235 |
| 2000 | 22 | 1,199 | 164 | 252 |
| 1999 | 16 | 1,433 | 117 | 307 |
| 1998 | 18 | 1,317 | 79 | 383 |
| 1997 | 22 | 1,142 | 76 | 381 |
| 1996 | 13 | 1,635 | 63 | 438 |
| 1995 | 16 | 1,427 | 66 | 429 |
| 1994 | 14 | 1,607 | 45 | 540 |
| 1993 | 13 | 1,714 | 44 | 562 |
| 1992 | 12 | 1,809 | 30 | 690 |
| 1991 | 6 | 2,850 | 43 | 571 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 24 | 778 |
| 1989 | 10 | 1,892 | 34 | 610 |
| 1988 | 10 | 1,801 | 27 | 665 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 17 | 827 |
| 1986 | 5 | 2,601 | 21 | 694 |
| 1985 | 7 | 2,000 | 19 | 717 |
| 1984 | 9 | 1,619 | 19 | 705 |
| 1983 | 7 | 1,866 | 18 | 715 |
| 1982 | 6 | 2,086 | 15 | 789 |
| 1981 | 8 | 1,709 | 14 | 817 |
| 1980 | 5 | 2,267 | 14 | 803 |
| 1979 | 11 | 1,333 | 16 | 721 |
| 1978 | 17 | 965 | 14 | 733 |
| 1977 | 5 | 2,036 | 19 | 619 |
| 1976 | 5 | 1,957 | 9 | 923 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 9 | 909 |
| 1974 | 8 | 1,390 | 7 | 1,009 |
| 1973 | 6 | 1,592 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 7 | 1,447 | 6 | 1,070 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 9 | 870 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 8 | 951 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 8 | 902 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 8 | 856 |
| 1967 | 6 | 1,484 | 10 | 741 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 11 | 683 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 7 | 872 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 6 | 962 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 9 | 782 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 5 | 1,600 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 8 | 808 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 6 | 850 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 5 | 910 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 5 | 853 |