Kairi Girl
How popular is Kairi?
#1,040 girl name in 2025
239 baby girls were named Kairi in the US in 2025, making it the 1040th most popular girl name. Another 42 boys got the name (#2,940 for boys).
Kairi popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,040 for girls (▼ 13 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 239 girls, 42 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-35% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #769 in 2015, #825 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (421 girls) |
| Highest rank | #689 in 2019 |
| First recorded | 1980 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 9% boys, 91% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kairi counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kairi family of names ranked #615 for girls in 2025 (#604 the year before), with 451 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kairi | 239 | 53% |
| Kari | 90 | 20% |
| Carrie | 63 | 14% |
| Cari | 10 | 2% |
| Kairy | 20 | 4% |
| Karri | 8 | 2% |
| Karrie | 7 | 2% |
| Karie | 7 | 2% |
| Kayri | 7 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kairi is most popular
Babies named Kairi per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 1.5 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Arizona: 0.3 per 1,000 (47 girls)
- Utah: 0.3 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Indiana: 0.2 per 1,000 (35 girls)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (204 girls)
Kairi by decade
Girl names about as popular as Kairi
Questions
- Is Kairi a boy or girl name?
- Kairi is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 91% of babies named Kairi were girls.
- How popular is the name Kairi?
- 239 baby girls were named Kairi in the US in 2025, making it the 1040th most popular girl name. Another 42 boys got the name (#2,940 for boys).
- When was Kairi most popular?
- Kairi peaked in 2019, when 421 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #689 in 2019.
- How many people are named Kairi?
- 6,825 babies have been named Kairi in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,782 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Kairi most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kairi was most common in Hawaii, at 1.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.