Kalai was the #5,045 boys' name in the US in 2025 (19 babies).
Kalai as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#5,045 (19)
2024
#8,312 (9)
2023
#12,239 (5)
2022
#7,768 (10)
2020
#6,296 (13)
2019
#8,215 (9)
2018
#6,703 (12)
2017
#8,140 (9)
2016
#8,146 (9)
2015
#9,568 (7)
2014
#8,130 (9)
2012
#7,050 (11)
2011
#6,578 (12)
2010
#10,766 (6)
2009
#8,985 (8)
Kalai as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#14,942 (5)
2022
#11,231 (8)
2021
#15,251 (5)
2020
#10,250 (9)
2019
#9,736 (10)
2015
#14,482 (6)
2009
#13,704 (7)
2001
#13,521 (6)
2000
#15,031 (5)
1996
#11,807 (6)
1991
#13,147 (5)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 2025 at #5,045.
Rising over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1998.
In 2025, 21% of US babies named Kalai were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 91,000 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.