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Cai Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Cai?

Ranking 2,135th in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Cai is rare.

Cai, would be a stand out, distinctive name selection.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #1,814 in 2015 with 82 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Cai was less than 5, most recently in 1992.

Approximately during the years 1999-2003, 2005-2008, and 2009-2015 the name Cai took a definitive turn upwards in popularity.

Sometimes the name Cai has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Currently, the name is at a very high point when compared to its most popular year.

How popular will Cai be?

Cai's popularity has been soaring upward for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Cai lately has risen.

The name Cai is quite distinctive but will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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   Cai (Girl)Cai (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 21 5,786 65 2,135
2017 25 5,192 67 2,064
2016 34 4,254 82 1,825
2015 25 5,309 82 1,814
2014 21 6,019 71 2,002
2013 21 6,046 55 2,303
2012 23 5,739 54 2,358
2011 26 5,229 39 2,953
2010 8 12,479 38 3,021
2009 16 7,742 41 2,898
2008 15 8,185 39 3,005
2007 10 10,959 29 3,607
2006 10 10,727 23 4,113
2005 12 8,994 29 3,394
2004 14 7,904 27 3,459
2003 8 11,494 25 3,542
2002 9 10,371 20 4,057
2001 5 15,764 17 4,503
2000 7 12,001 16 4,609
1999 < 5 -- 6 8,845
1998 < 5 -- 8 6,937
1997 9 9,141 7 7,383
1996 6 12,074 6 8,088
1995 < 5 -- 6 7,925
1994 < 5 -- 8 6,446
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.