NameTides

Kairi

Kairi was the #1,040 girls' name in the US in 2025 (239 babies), and #2,788 in England & Wales and #1,974 in Canada.

Kairi as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Kairi as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Kairi as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,040 (239)#2,788 (9)#1,974 (11)
2024#1,027 (245)#3,319 (7)#2,259 (9)
2023#987 (259)#2,063 (13)#1,678 (13)
2022#927 (291)#1,685 (17)#1,362 (17)
2021#855 (320)#2,073 (13)#1,876 (11)
2020#825 (330)#1,773 (16)#1,490 (15)
2019#689 (421)#1,497 (20)#1,231 (20)
2018#713 (402)#1,977 (14)#1,376 (17)
2017#779 (352)#1,733 (17)#1,784 (12)
2016#827 (347)#1,920 (15)#1,335 (18)
2015#769 (368)#2,070 (13)#2,011 (10)
2014#887 (306)#1,628 (18)#1,681 (13)
2013#860 (300)#1,864 (15)#2,204 (9)
2012#885 (299)#1,991 (14)#1,787 (12)
2011#949 (271)#2,025 (13)#1,588 (14)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #689.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1980.
  • In 2025, 85% of US babies named Kairi were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,700 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 6,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 28,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kairi is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 7,000 to 1 in 7,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kairi by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #927ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #790NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #433NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #916INOhio: #878OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #830CAUtah: #539UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #748TNNorth Carolina: #905NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: #136HITexas: #1,190TXFlorida: #1,545FL
Kairi (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KairiCanadaGirls#1,97411
KairiCanadaBoys—too few
KairiEngland & WalesGirls#2,7889
KairiEngland & WalesBoys#2,9527
KairiNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KairiUSGirls#1,040239
KairiUSBoys#2,94142