Unisex name · since 2001
Tkai
Tkai has 87 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,337 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 87
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tkai sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 87 recorded since 2001.
Tkai has 87 recorded births among boys since 2001, 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 2001 to 2023.
- #18,337 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 87 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tkai ranks #18,337 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 87 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,337 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 87
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tkai's 87 recorded births place it above 59.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tkai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tkai's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 30% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 70%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2001, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tkai popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2023
- Peak year (2002)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Tkai popularity over time - girls
72 total births recorded since 2002 (Tkai as girls' name)
Tkai by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (67 births, 77% of the file).
2000s was Tkai's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Tkai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
67 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 67 births (77% of all-time use).
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- Tkai's decade-level peak was the 2000s (67 total births); usage has since declined to 10 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.
Keep exploring Tkai
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tkai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~22 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, 2001–2023 (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 Tkai 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.