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Boys Named Kai
This chart illustrates how many Boys were named Kai in the U.S. since 1880.
Records indicate that at least 17,688 boys have been named Kai since 1880 in the United States.
So ... how do we know this stuff? Baby Names Hub identifies trends by analyzing vast amounts of data made available by the U.S. government and other public sources. This data, including social security statistics, provides detailed information on baby name popularity and trends in the United States.
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Comment left May 17, 2011: "My 15 month old Son's name is Kai and I will never regret naming him so! It took a long time for the name to grow on me, but my husband kept pushing it and now I absolutely love it! We have neighbors who no matter how many times have been corrected still believe his name is Kyle, which drives me nuts being such a cooler name than Kyle! I really love how strong of a name Kai is, and know that he'll be able to take it into adulthood with confidence!" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Feb 17, 2011: "I named my week old baby Kai and picked the name while on our honeymoon in Hawaii where we conceived. We thought it would be neat to have a Hawaiian name. We were also pleased that there are Kai's in Finland (Scandinavia) also as my husband and I have Scandinavian background. It's a perfect name for our son and we've had many compliments on it." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Sep 07, 2010: "My middle name is Kai, but I've gotten used to using it everyday. In Mandarin Chinese, it means "Triumph" or "Success". The "arc de triumph" in Paris is called "Kai Shuen Chiao" or "Bridge of Triumph"" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Apr 13, 2010: "My son's name is Kai and it reflect from my Japanese Hawaiian mother. I like the name because nobody misspells or mispronounce Kai ever." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Mar 22, 2010: "we named our little guy kai, often call him kai kai. he's an high-energy little bugger who loves the water. my wife and i both grew up on islands so the inspiration for his name was an easy fit and we love it." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jan 08, 2010: "My little boy's name is Kai Edward (if you were to ask him what his name is he would say, "Kai Kai"),he's 3 now and at the time when we named him I had never heard the name, I liked its originality. I do however hear it more often infact my boyfriends cousin just named her little boy Kai Edward...I know its a little wierd but hey its just a name lol...but usually when I her someone use the name its short for something like malachi, kyle, or cairo...either way it's still an awesome name ;)" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jan 01, 2010: "My son's name is Kai(he's 3) and we ever often lengthen his name to include his middle name Noah as well. We were very 'sea' themed at the time. The only problem I have with the name Kai is that some people assume it is short for Kyle." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Dec 16, 2009: "A name associated with both Super Sentai and Power Rangers. It was Bandora's son's name in Zyuranger (the original Super Sentai incarnation of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 1 where Bandora's name was now Rita Repulsa) as well as the name of Kai Ozu/MagiRed in Mystic Force's original Super Sentai incarnation, Mahou Sentai Magiranger, where Bandora's actress, Machiko Soga (just before her death from cancer in 2006), played Heavenly Arch Saint Magiel (aka the Mystic Mother). But when it comes to comparing Lost Galaxy with its own original Super Sentai incarnation Seiju Sentai Gingaman, Lost Galaxy is the one which has the Chinese-American Kai Chen as the Blue Galaxy Ranger, whose Gingaman counterpart is Gouki/GingaBlue." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Dec 02, 2009: "My name is Kai and I'm a girl. I only know of boys and a dog (who is a boy) with the name Kai. I think it fits both genders. Some people are not sure how to pronounce it and they have a hard time remembering it. But I do get compliments on it. I get the "Hi Kai, Bye Kai" jokes from people and sometimes when I tell people my name they think I'm saying Hi instead of Kai, which can be a bit of a problem." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Nov 02, 2009: "I think that the name Kai is a very cool name because it is my little 7 year old brothers name. Although he is a little brat and does not get in trouble for everything he is still my little brother and Ilove him as he is (A BRAT)." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Nov 02, 2009: "The boy's name Kai \
kai\, also used as girl's name Kai, is pronounced kye. It is of Welsh, Scandinavian and Greek origin, and its meaning is "keeper of the keys; earth". Variant of Kay. Also possibly (South African) "beautiful". Kai is also a Hawaiian name meaning "the sea"." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Oct 25, 2009: "It is a cool name that someone can be proud of at any age. If our baby turns out to be a boy that will be his name. It is the one name my husband and I agreed on!" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Oct 14, 2009: "In Power Rangers Lost Galaxy Kai Chen (played by Archie Kao) is the Blue Galaxy Ranger" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Sep 02, 2009: "Great name! Has many different meanings in a number of languages" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Aug 25, 2009: "We are Chinese and we named our younger son Kai. The reason we gave him this name was because his Chinese name is "Kai-Ming". We absolutely love the name because it sounds cool and is different. It means "Happiness" in Chinese. We were actually surprised that there were other people (Caucasians)named "Kai" in our area, and it seems to be getting more popular, which my wife doesn't like." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Aug 05, 2009: "I named my son Kai Alexander as well and I get nothing but compliments on the name. It's funny, most people who are introduced to Kai the first time happen to know another Kai. It didn't seem very popular when my husband and I chose it, but it seems many people know at least 1 Kai from somewhere." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jul 09, 2009: "Kai's a unisex name, so it suits either boy or girl. There is a specifically male spelling- Kye.. i do think it's rather cute too" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jun 26, 2009: "I like this name for a guy. I'm a girl but my parents were gonna name me Kai if I was a boy. It's really cute :)" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jun 19, 2009: "Few characters in Power Rangers or more often the Japanese Super Sentai from which Power Rangers came go by this name. There was that brat-of-a-son of Bandora's going by Kai in Zyuranger and he was killed by a dinosaur before his mother swore revenge by selling her soul to Great Satan and becoming a witch (we would know this witch all too well as the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers villainess Rita Repulsa and Great Satan also made his way into the MMPR universe where his name was now Lokar - and he sounded just like Lord Zedd!). Then there was Kai Chen/Blue Galaxy Ranger in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy (his Sentai counterpart from Seiju Sentai Gingaman in 1998 is Gouki/GingaBlue), and last but not least there was Kai/MagiRed from the original Japanese incarnation of Power Rangers Mystic Force, 2005's Mahou Sentai Magiranger, the third all-sibling team in Super Sentai (the late Machiko Soga, aka Bandora in Zyuranger, had herself made a cameo appearance in Magiranger as Heavenly Arch Saint Magiel - and Magiel ended up crossing over into the Mystic Force world as a now-reformed Rita Repulsa, now called the "Mystic Mother")." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jun 06, 2009: "Kai seems like such a powerful name. Almost like a king's name. When I first heard that name, I imagined someone who's tall, muscular, highly intelligent, & extremely good looking! A real manly man. LOL! I'm surpised that so many girls have that name. Still, when I have my son, I will name him Kai William (William after my dad's name)." (Report as inappropriate)
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