Boys' name · since 1990
Kaid
494 babies named Kaid in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,945 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,479 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 494
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kaid currently ranks #4479 among boys' names in America, with 494 babies recorded since 1990.
Kaid has 494 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4479 as of the latest data, more common than 68% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #7,945 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,479 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 494 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaid ranks #7,945 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,479 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 494 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,945 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,479 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 494
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kaid's 494 recorded births place it above 82.52% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kaid compares
494 Top 44% higher than 56% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kaid's all-time total is 34% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kaid | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 494 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kaid's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kaid's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1991, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kaid popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Kaid by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (158 births, 32% of the file).
2000s was Kaid's strongest decade.
158 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Kaid births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
77 births
- 2000s
2000s
158 births
- 2010s
2010s
150 births
- 2020s
2020s
109 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 158 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Kaid's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (158 total births) through the 2020s (109) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kaid: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~35 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1990–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kaid draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.