girls:
5.8k births since 1980
#2189 (62nd percentile)
boys:
485 births since 1974
#4101 (11th percentile)
overall:
6.3k births since 1974
#3438 (56th percentile)
The name Kairi is the #3,438 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,255 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 55.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 55.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,189 (61.7% percentile) for all time with 5,770 births since 1980. For boys, it ranks #4,101 (10.5% percentile) for all time with 485 births since 1974.
Kairi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (1974 for boys and 1980 for girls). Birth data for Kairi is available in 38 out of the 50 years between 1974 and 2023 (37 years for boys and 24 years for girls). 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.
The name Kairi has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 92.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 86.0% of babies named Kairi were girls. Interestingly, until around 2003, the name was more popular for boys (87.5% boys from 1974 to 2002), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (94.2% girls from 2003 to 2023).
For girls, Kairi reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 41.0% percentile (ranked #558) with 229 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 229 births per million (ranked 41.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kairi ranks #697 for girls (26.4% percentile) with 148 births per million, which is 64.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kairi reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 4.4% percentile (ranked #883) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 25 births per million (ranked 4.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2009, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kairi ranks #874 for boys (4.1% percentile) with 23 births per million, which is 93.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kairi".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Kairi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 68.4% confident that Kairi is pronounced as KAI-ree, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEH-ree, at 13.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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