NameTides

Kais

Kais was the #3,513 boys' name in the US in 2025 (32 babies), and #1,307 in England & Wales and #1,565 in Canada.

Kais as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Kais 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.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Kais 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.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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#3,513 (32)#1,307 (21)#1,565 (14)
2024#3,896 (28)#2,089 (11)#2,439 (7)
2023#3,883 (28)#2,161 (10)#1,592 (12)
2022#4,303 (24)#2,321 (9)#2,052 (8)
2021#4,494 (22)#2,301 (9)#1,761 (10)
2020#4,020 (25)#3,334 (5)#2,197 (7)
2019#4,951 (19)#3,937 (4)—
2018#3,993 (26)#3,412 (5)—
2017#2,798 (43)#4,812 (3)#2,762 (5)
2016#2,885 (41)#3,478 (5)—
2015#5,999 (14)—#2,387 (6)
2014#7,562 (10)#2,459 (8)—
2013#7,026 (11)——
2012#12,274 (5)#3,987 (4)—
2011#9,600 (7)#2,390 (8)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #2,798.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1994.

How common is it?

about 1 in 53,000 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 53,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kais is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 49,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 46,000 to 1 in 54,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kais 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: #1,576NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: 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: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,908TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Kais (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#5138

Kais (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KaisCanadaBoys#1,56514
KaisEngland & WalesBoys#1,30721
KaisNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KaisUSBoys#3,51332