boys:
495 births since 1956
#4091 (11th percentile)
overall:
495 births since 1956
#7244 (6th percentile)
The name Kaj is the #7,244 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 495 recorded births since 1956. This represents the 6.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,091 (10.7% percentile) for all time with 495 births since 1956.
Kaj first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1956 (first recorded for boys in 1956). Birth data for Kaj is available in 49 out of the 68 years between 1956 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 boys, Kaj reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #860) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). Despite a low point around 2017, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Kaj ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 46.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kaj".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kaj. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 71.4% confident that Kaj is pronounced as kahj, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kayj, at 28.6% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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