boy's name

Itai

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 596

Itai is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2008, when 26 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 150,716 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1991.

Itai over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

184
'90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Itai by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1990s 71
2000s 179
2010s 184
2020s (to 2025) 111

How popular is Itai?

In 2025, Itai was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Itai is used

Canada #3,352 5 in 2024
England & Wales #4,400 4 in 2023
United States #4,567 22 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Itai

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Itai also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Itai over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Itai

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Itai — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Itai

How popular is the name Itai?

In 2025, Itai was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Itai a girl's or a boy's name?

Itai is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Itai most popular?

Itai peaked in 2008, when 26 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Itai a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Itai currently ranks #3,352 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.