Katai

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 14 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Katai by the numbers

Katai was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 34 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Katai

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 Katai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kanaiof the sea26 in the US (2017)
  • Kamaiwork or labor3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kawaicute or lovely6 in the US (2017)
  • Kasai10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kitai17 in the US (2017)
  • Kalai9 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Katai

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