boy's name
Kitai
- Gender Boy
- Letters 5
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 299
Kitai is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2014, when 62 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 221,043 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 2013.
Kitai over time
Births per decade in the United States, 2010s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 2010s | 174 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 108 |
How popular is Kitai?
In 2025, Kitai was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Where Kitai is used
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.
How Kitai is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Kitaï | Kitaï is Kitai written with a diaeresis, used in France, where it ranks #5,070. | 10 |
Names that peaked alongside Kitai
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Kitai also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Kitai over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Kitai
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Kitai — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Kitai
How popular is the name Kitai?
In 2025, Kitai was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Kitai a girl's or a boy's name?
Kitai is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
When was Kitai most popular?
Kitai peaked in 2014, when 62 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
Is Kitai a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Kitai currently ranks #6,136 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.