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Cai

Cai holds the #2108 spot on the 2025 list of the most popular boy names in the U.S. That amounts to 69 newborn boys in a single year. The ranking has held remarkably steady over the last five years. Its strongest year on record was 2022 (#1611 nationally, 108 newborns), in a data series reaching back to 1989. The name's biggest fan base is in Indiana (#844 there in 2025).

Rankings

2025 rank
#2108
among boy names
Trend
Stable
last 5 years
All-time peak
#1611
in 2022 (2020s)
Babies in 2025
69
boys named Cai

Cai popularity, 1880–2025

0.002%0.003%0.005%0.007%18801900192019401960198020002020#1611 in 2022
Boys — share of U.S. male birthsSource: SSA, 1880–2025◆ peak 2022

Where Cai is most popular

Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025AKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025MEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025VTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025NHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025WAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025IDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025NDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025MNWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025WIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025MINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025MARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025RIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025ORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025NVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025WYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025SDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025IAIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025ILIndiana: #844 (6 boys, 0.02% of boys born 2025)IN#844Ohio: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025CTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025CAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025UTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025CONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025NEMissouri: #869 (5 boys, 0.02% of boys born 2025)MO#869Kentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025WVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025VAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025MDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025DEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025NMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025KSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025ARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025DCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025LAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025MSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025ALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025GAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Cai in 2025HITexas: #2080 (7 boys, 0.00% of boys born 2025)TX#2080Florida: #1478 (7 boys, 0.01% of boys born 2025)FL#1478
Share of boys born in 2025:lowhighno data (< 5 births)
Strongest states: Indiana (#844), Missouri (#869), Florida (#1478)

Uniqueness score

68/ 100Uncommon
everywhereone of a kind

Distinctive without being unheard of. Based on how many babies per birth were named Cai in the most recent year of SSA data.

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