Given name & surname

Karai

Karai is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Karai isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Karai through the years

Babies since 1880
65
0 boys · 65 girls
Most popular year
2016
12 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−87%
Cooling
024682025Highest share 20160.0
Karai in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2007–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 2016.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Karai’s family of names

In Greek usage, Karai as a surname is a transliteration of Καράι. In Greek usage, Karai as a surname is a transliteration of Καραή.

Walk Karai’s family in the name graph

KaraiΚαραήΚαράι

The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Karai, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Cahri

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kahmiyah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kharlie

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% girls

Modern

Zulai

“one who is brilliant; from the town of Zula”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Aryani

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% girls

Modern

Kinnidy

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Karleah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Karyana

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Karai’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Karai

A sister for Karai