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Girl's name · #1041 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave
Kairi's best rank, #689, came in 2019; it has settled back to #1041 today. Roughly 6,300 girls have been named Kairi since 1980.
Kairi became more widely used in the early 2000s, following the 2002 release of Kingdom Hearts, which features a character named Kairi.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 28 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#1,018 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,911 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,352 in Canada (2024).
Among 43 notable people named Kairi:
Entertainers appear 1.95× more often than among typical names — e.g. Kairi Sane, Japanese professional wrestler and actress.
Similar names: Akira · Kaira · Averi · Aya · Kaya · Kamiya
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