NameTides

Kairos

Kairos was the #1,347 boys' name in the US in 2025 (140 babies), and #2,952 in England & Wales and #1,374 in Canada.

Kairos as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Kairos as a boy’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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Kairos as a boy’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.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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#1,347 (140)#2,952 (7)#1,374 (17)
2024#1,608 (106)#2,672 (8)#1,764 (11)
2023#1,986 (77)#2,547 (8)#2,336 (7)
2022#2,022 (75)#3,450 (5)#1,895 (9)
2021#2,652 (48)#3,451 (5)#2,061 (8)
2020#2,190 (63)#3,848 (4)—
2019#3,259 (35)——
2018#2,943 (40)——
2017#3,678 (29)——
2016#5,789 (15)#4,023 (4)—
2015#3,775 (28)——
2014#4,138 (24)——
2013#5,404 (16)——
2012#5,482 (16)#3,987 (4)—
2011#9,600 (7)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,347.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2008.

How common is it?

about 1 in 12,000 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 38,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kairos is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 7,800 to 1 in 12,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kairos by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,297NYMassachusetts: #555MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #957CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #990GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,250TXFlorida: #1,056FL
Kairos (boys) 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
KairosCanadaBoys#1,37417
KairosEngland & WalesGirls—too few
KairosEngland & WalesBoys#2,9527
KairosNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KairosUSGirls#10,1079
KairosUSBoys#1,347140