Kairi
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 369 babies a year in the US.
How Kairi has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #771 |
| 2016 | #827 |
| 2017 | #780 |
| 2018 | #714 |
| 2019 | #689 |
| 2020 | #828 |
| 2021 | #856 |
| 2022 | #926 |
| 2023 | #984 |
Kairi by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Kairi. In the US, 369 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 365 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Kairi
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kairi. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kairi
Names that are said the same way as Kairi, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Karipure; a form of Katherine153 in the US (2017)
- Carriefree woman; a form of Caroline128 in the US (2017)
- Carymarshy fort or dark stream36 in the US (2017)
- Cariflows like water or flowing8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Khairigood or charitable4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Karriedear one; a form of Carrie or Kara14 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kairi
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