Girls' name · since 2000
Kairah
Kairah has 227 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,527 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,859 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 227
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kairah is the #15859 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 227 recorded since 2000.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kairah has been recorded 227 times among girls since 2000, currently ranked #15859 nationally and more common than 8% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #18,527 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,859 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 227 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kairah ranks #18,527 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,859 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 227 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,527 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,859 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 227
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kairah's 227 recorded births place it above 74.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kairah compares
227 39th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Kairah's all-time total is 40% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kairah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 227 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kairah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kairah's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2002, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kairah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Kairah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (109 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Kairah's strongest decade.
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Kairah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
76 births
- 2010s
2010s
109 births
- 2020s 42
2020s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 109 births (48% of all-time use).
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What to do with Kairah's data
- Kairah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (109 total births) through the 2020s (42) -- 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 Kairah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Kairah 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.