Boys' name · since 1994
Kaif
Kaif has 37 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,306 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 37
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kaif is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 37 have been recorded since 1994.
Kaif has 37 recorded births among boys since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 1994 to 2023.
- #24,306 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 37 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaif ranks #24,306 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 37 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #24,306 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 37
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kaif's 37 recorded births place it above 46.3% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kaif's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kaif's full recorded timeline at 2006, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kaif popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2023
- Peak year (2006)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Kaif by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (19 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Kaif's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Kaif births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
19 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 19 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Kaif's decade-level peak was the 2000s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kaif: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1994–2023 (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 Kaif 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.