girls:
948 births since 1975
#4768 (17th percentile)
overall:
948 births since 1975
#6791 (12th percentile)
The name Kadi is the #6,791 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 948 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 12.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,768 (16.6% percentile) for all time with 948 births since 1975.
Kadi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (first recorded for girls in 1975). Birth data for Kadi is available in 46 out of the 49 years between 1975 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Kadi reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 5.1% percentile (ranked #783) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 22 births per million (ranked 4.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2009, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kadi ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 20.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kadi".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kadi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 66.7% confident that Kadi is pronounced as KAY-dee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAH-dee, at 23.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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