Kasai — #1759 US boys' name
627 babies named Kasai in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 88% of names given to boys today.
50% of everyone ever named Kasai was born in this single decade.
94 babies were named Kasai in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kasai
The Social Security Administration has registered 627 babies named Kasai between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kasai currently holds the #1759 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 94 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kasai performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 312 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kasai shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 46 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Kasai in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kasai in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 627 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kasai at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Kasai popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1996
- Peak year (2024)
- 94
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
Currently ranks #1759 among boys.
627 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 94 births in a single year.
Kasai popularity over time — girls
11 total births recorded since 2019 (Kasai as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Kasai accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kasai by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 312 births that decade — 50% of Kasai's all-time total
Kasai decade highlights
- Peak decade 312 births
- Runner-up 206 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Kasai's strongest decade
312 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Kasai by state
Where Kasai concentrates geographically — total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 46 | 7.3% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 29 | 4.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 28 | 4.5% |
| #4 | California | | 24 | 3.8% |
| #5 | Florida | | 19 | 3.0% |
| #6 | Delaware | | 17 | 2.7% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 12 | 1.9% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 7 | 1.1% |
46 of 627 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 7.3% of nationwide
- New Jersey 4.6% of nationwide
- New York 4.5% of nationwide
- California 3.8% of nationwide
- Florida 3.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 7.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kasai appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1996–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.