Popularity overview
Kasai in 2025, in four numbers — all from the SSA counts.
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Kasai, state by state, 2025
Kasai was published in 26 states in 2025. Darker tiles are the states where it ranks highest. Tap a state to compare it with Texas.
- ALAlabama
- AZArizona
- ARArkansas
- CACalifornia
- DEDelaware
- FLFlorida
- GAGeorgia
- ILIllinois
- IAIowa
- LALouisiana
- MDMaryland
- MAMassachusetts
- MIMichigan
- MNMinnesota
- MSMississippi
- MOMissouri
- NVNevada
- NJNew Jersey
- NYNew York
- NCNorth Carolina
- OHOhio
- PAPennsylvania
- SCSouth Carolina
- TNTennessee
- TXTexas
- VAVirginia
Kasai was published in 26 states in 2025. In the other 24 states and DC, fewer than 5 boys were named Kasai, so SSA publishes no count. Choose a coloured state to compare it with Texas.
Rank #1–300 Rank #301–800 Rank #801+ No published count
| Delaware | #114 | 9 |
| Pennsylvania | #304 | 37 |
| Maryland | #364 | 14 |
| Mississippi | #370 | 8 |
| Michigan | #375 | 23 |
| South Carolina | #385 | 13 |
| Nevada | #389 | 7 |
| Virginia | #408 | 19 |
| Georgia | #414 | 27 |
| North Carolina | #431 | 25 |
| Louisiana | #450 | 10 |
| New York | #463 | 36 |
| New Jersey | #488 | 15 |
| Iowa | #493 | 6 |
| Florida | #515 | 34 |
| Massachusetts | #555 | 8 |
| Arkansas | #555 | 5 |
| Tennessee | #592 | 12 |
| Alabama | #685 | 6 |
| Ohio | #750 | 11 |
| Illinois | #752 | 11 |
| Minnesota | #807 | 5 |
| Texas | #828 | 32 |
| Missouri | #869 | 5 |
| Arizona | #927 | 5 |
| California | #1040 | 20 |
States with no published count are not listed with a number: SSA publishes a name only when at least 5 babies of one sex received it in that state in that year. Kasai may have been given to 1–4 boys in those states, but the count is not published and is never guessed here.
Kasai ranks highest in Delaware: #114 in 2025, with 9 boys. The most Kasais were born in Pennsylvania: 37 boys in 2025, where it ranked #304.
How Kasai has changed over time
National rank by year, 2010 to 2025. Lower is more popular.
The chart shows the name's national rank each year. Lower is more popular. Years with fewer than 5 births are left blank, because the SSA does not publish a count for them.
Kasai first appeared in national SSA data in 2014, with 5 boys. It was not published in 2016, which means fewer than 5 boys received the name that year. In 2024 it ranked #1704 with 50 boys. In 2025 it jumped 1,073 places to #631, with 403 boys — the 2nd-fastest rise of any boy name in 2025, behind only Amirion (+1,108 places), and the reason it sits near the top of the fastest rising names of 2025. One fast year is not a trend: a name can rise fast for one year and fall the next.
Births per year, 2010–2025
How many boys were named Kasai each year. Years with fewer than 5 births are not shown, because the SSA does not publish a count for them.
| Year | National rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 2010–2013 | Fewer than 5 births each year: not published | |
| 2014 | #3819 | 5 |
| 2015–2016 | Fewer than 5 births each year: not published | |
| 2017 | #3749 | 5 |
| 2018 | #3721 | 5 |
| 2019 | #1917 | 35 |
| 2020 | #2078 | 28 |
| 2021 | #2830 | 12 |
| 2022 | #2233 | 26 |
| 2023 | #2305 | 23 |
| 2024 | #1704 | 50 |
| 2025 | #631 | 403 |
50 years of Kasai
National rank and births at five points in time — 50, 25, 10 and 5 years ago, and today.
| When | National rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 50 years ago (1975) | Not published | |
| 25 years ago (2000) | Not published | |
| 10 years ago (2015) | Not published | |
| 5 years ago (2020) | #2078 | 28 |
| Today (2025) | #631 | 403 |
Kasai was not published nationally in 1975; by 2025 it ranked #631.
The Kasai story so far
When it first appeared, when it broke into the top 100, and where it stands now — every step from the SSA counts.
- First appeared in national SSA data in 2014, with 5 boys.
- First entered the national top 1,000 in 2025.
- Highest rank so far: #631 in 2025.
- Where it stands now: #631 in 2025, with 403 boys.
Names like Kasai
Names ranked closest to Kasai in 2025, and the names rising fastest alongside it.
Ranked closest to Kasai in 2025
What this does not tell you
This page gives no meaning or origin for the name, because meaning data does not come from SSA. It also gives no middle-name or sibling suggestions: SSA does not publish middle names, and no dataset records sibling pairings.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, baby names data, births in 2025, released May 2026. Data checked 8 November 2026. ssa.gov baby names.