Kai dog name
We found 422 dogs named Kai in the public pet registers of 19 places. Combining all places, Kai is the #344 dog name. 21% of dogs named Kai are female.
🐱 Kai is also a cat name (#718 for cats, 14 cats).
Kai as a dog name, by place
| Place | Rank | Dogs | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allegheny County United States | #583 of 51,228 | 111 | 2003–2026 |
| New York City United States | #259 of 34,500 | 202 | 2014–2025 |
| Toronto Canada | #377 of 10,500 | 21 | 2019 |
| Seattle United States | #128 of 8,191 | 29 | 2026 |
| Playford Australia | #714 of 4,586 | 3 | 2015 |
| Cambridge United States | #194 of 4,375 | 10 | 2017–2026 |
| Vancouver Canada | #322 of 4,602 | 6 | 1999–2026 |
| Zurich Switzerland | #607 of 5,788 | 2 | 2025 |
| Noosa Australia | #624 of 3,045 | 2 | 2017 |
| Laval Canada | #335 of 2,965 | 4 | 2017–2026 |
| Worcester United States | #295 of 2,906 | 4 | 2026 |
| Maple Ridge Canada | #150 of 2,440 | 7 | 2026 |
| Basel Switzerland | #219 of 3,446 | 4 | 2026 |
| Victoria Canada | #161 of 2,588 | 6 | 2025 |
| Golden Plains Shire Australia | #410 of 2,062 | 2 | 2016 |
| Richmond United States | #107 of 2,347 | 5 | 2018 |
| Tacoma United States | #478 of 1,917 | 1 | 2021 |
| Port Moody Canada | #188 of 1,280 | 2 | 2019 |
| Adelaide Australia | #228 of 958 | 1 | 2014 |
Rank among all names in that place's register ("in top N" where only a top list is published). "Per 10,000" is how many of every 10,000 registered dogs there are named Kai. Click a column to sort. See data sources.
Female or male?
76 female and 281 male dogs named Kai, in the places that record sex.
Kai over the years
Dogs named Kai per 10,000 dogs, by the year of registration or licence (varies by place). Hover a bar for the number.
Breeds of dogs named Kai
Compared to all dogs, Kai is especially common among Jindos (7.8×), Shiba Inus (7.0×), Siberian Huskys (5.5×), Australian Shepherds (2.5×) and German Shepherds (2.3×).
Based on 360 dogs named Kai with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.
Kai as a baby name
Kai was the #1053 girls' name in the US in 2025 (234 babies).Kai was the #93 boys' name in the US in 2025 (3,768 babies). Elsewhere it ranks #23 for boys in Australia (New South Wales), #26 for boys in Spain (Catalonia), #32 for boys in Australia (Victoria) and #34 for boys in Ireland. See Kai as a baby name on MixedName, including which languages use it.
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