Boys' name · since 2022
Kairus
Since 2022, U.S. Social Security records show 22 babies named Kairus, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,247 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 22
- born since 2022
- 2020s
- peak decade
22 boys have been named Kairus since 2022, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kairus has been recorded 22 times among boys since 2022, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2022 to 2024.
- #28,247 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 22 born since 2022
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kairus ranks #28,247 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 2022, peaking in the 2020s.
- #28,247 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 22
- born since 2022
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kairus's 22 recorded births place it above 37.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kairus's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kairus's full recorded timeline at 2023, 77% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 23% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2022, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kairus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2024
- Peak year (2024)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Kairus by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (22 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Kairus's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Kairus births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 22 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kairus: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~2 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, 2022–2024 (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 Kairus 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.