Kairi

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kairi: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kairi: Recorded since 2003, it reached #1,497 in 2019, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#1497highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2003–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#3594
2005	#3382
2007	#2895
2008	#2721
2009	#2759
2010	#2589
2011	#2025
2012	#1991
2013	#1864
2014	#1628
2015	#2070
2016	#1920
2017	#1733
2018	#1977
2019	#1497
2020	#1773
2021	#2073
2022	#1685
2023	#2063
2024	#3318

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 20 of the 22 years from 2003 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2003–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2003
First recorded at #3594 among girls in England and Wales in 2003 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2003–2024
Highest recorded position: #1497 among girls in England and Wales, in 2019 (recorded 2003–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Kairi appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 20 years beginning in 2003, and has registered 246 births with the name.

Kairi across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kairi's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3594 (2003)	#1497 (2019)	#3318 (2024)	20 of 22	246 (2003–2024)	20 (2019)
England and Wales · Boys	#4608 (2020)	#3017 (2021)	#3017 (2021)	2 of 2	9 (2020–2021)	6 (2021)

Kairi by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kairi in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	32	5 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	148	10 of 10	15
2020s	66	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kairi appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1497 in England and Wales in 2019.

Kairi's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2063	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1685	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2073	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1773	16	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1497	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1977	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1733	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1920	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2070	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1628	18	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1864	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1991	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2025	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2003 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,497, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
18 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,318position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
20births registered in its largest year, 2019Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Kairan · #1201, 25y
Kairav · #1139, 14y
Kairo · #230, 29y
Kairon · #758, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Eldana · #1497, 16y
Layla-Grace · #1497, 19y
Lola-Grace · #1497, 17y
Reet · #1497, 18y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Eldana · #1497, 16y
Layla-Grace · #1497, 19y
Lola-Grace · #1497, 17y
Reet · #1497, 18y

Kairi and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kairi without appearing here.

Kairi moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1977 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1497 and #5591.
Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2759 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2589 and #5707.
Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1991 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1864 and #4739.
Debra Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3594 and #3099 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2721 and #5545.

Moved ahead of Kairi

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2063 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #1743.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1628 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2070 and #1240.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1773 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2073 and #1286.
Harper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3594 and #4373 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3382 and #2682.

Moved the opposite way to Kairi

Kristin Compare
Between 2003 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Kairi went from #3594 to #2063 while Kristin went from #1722 to #5687.
Tracey Compare
Between 2003 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Kairi went from #3594 to #2063 while Tracey went from #2191 to #5687.
Carol Compare
Between 2003 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Kairi went from #3594 to #2073 while Carol went from #1722 to #3519.
Tyler Compare
Between 2003 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Kairi went from #3594 to #2073 while Tyler went from #289 to #5581.

Moved the same way as Kairi

Teddy Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kairi went from #1864 to #3318 and Teddy from #2460 to #5891.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1497 in England and Wales in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kairi

Kairi at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kairi across 2 official records

Kairi by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kairi appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Kairi and the names beside it

Kairi moved ahead of

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Kairi at a glance

Kairi across 2 official records

Kairi by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kairi appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Kairi and the names beside it

Kairi moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kairi

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