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How popular is the name Chi?
Births per year, rank history and how many Chis are alive today.
Chi (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Kai in England and Wales, ranked 4271st in 2024 and given to 4 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1996, when 14 babies were given the name, the 976th most popular that year. It has declined since 1996; the 2024 figure is roughly 29% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Kai you are most likely to meet is around 19 years old. Half of all Kais born in England and Wales are between 11 and 23, and there are at least 34,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly an 11% chance that at least one of them will be called Kai.
How many babies are named Chi each year?
Includes all spellings: Chi, Cai, Kai, Kye. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Chi spelling rank?
Where does the Cai spelling rank?
Where does the Kai spelling rank?
Where does the Kye spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Chi most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Kai, peaked in 2006, when 1,661 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Chi spelling itself peaked in 1996, with 14 babies.
How many people are called Chi?
At least 34,000 people named Chi in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Chi?
Most living Chis are between 11 and 23; the most common age is about 19.
Is Chi becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2006 peak.