Kai
4
Babies in 2024
—
10-year change
2004
Peak · 18
-20%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Kai
Kai peaked among UK girls' names in the early 2000s (18 babies in 2004) and has remained in active use — 4 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Kai reached its peak in 2004, when 18 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #1,252 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 4 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 26 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 221 girls have been officially registered with the name Kai in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 43 girls were registered with the name.