Kasai

What Kasai means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Kasai yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #5,746 in 2015, #639 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kasai?

US: Rising: up from #5746 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 437 boys got the name (#639 that year). First in the US records in 1996.

How common

• About 1 in 3,909 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 27,194 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DE (3.05 per 1,000 boys), MS (0.74 per 1,000 boys), PA (0.71 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Kasai is #639 in the US and #2269 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.4% of US babies named Kasai were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kasey180 US · 15 E&W
• Kazi45 US · 15 E&W
• Casai21 US
• Kazai13 US · 4 E&W
• Kasaii14 US
• Kaci11 US
• Qusai8 US
• Kasi8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Kasai

Boys

• Elian#147Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #147 vs #914 in 2025
• Cyrus#268Editor’s note Up from #469 in 2015 to #268 in 2025 in the US
• Emiliano#94Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #94 vs #1,359 in 2025
• Jett#169Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #169 vs #452 in 2025
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Kai#93“warrior”^*

For a sister

• Kaia#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #447 in 2015, #193 in 2025
• Ailani#168Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,199 in 2015, #168 in 2025
• Rory#230“red-haired king”^*
• Georgia#99“farmer”^*
• Elianna#218Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #598 in 2015, #218 in 2025
• Alani#161Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #529 in 2015, #161 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Kasai’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.