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Kai

“Hawaiian for 'sea'; also Persian for 'king' (multiple origins)” — Multiple origins (Hawaiian, Persian, Germanic)

Girl's name · #1053 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Kai has appeared in US records since 1953 — best rank #768 (2021) · 8,478 babies named Kai all-time · 1 in 6,700 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 10,000 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 25 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Kais

• Kai Trump — American social media personality and granddaughter of Donald Trump (born 2007)
• Kai Aareleid — Estonian writer (born 1972)
• Kai Fischer — German actress and author
• Kai Schreiber — American actress
• Kai Cheng Thom — writer

In stories & tradition

• Kai Lung — fictional human
• Kai Opaka — Bajor: Fragments and Omens · Emissary
• Kai — The Eminence in Shadow

What Kais become

Among 2,002 notable people named Kai:

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