Is Kairos a boy or girl name?

Kairos is a boy’s name. Of the 775 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 4.7% were girls and 95.3% were boys.

Kairos

Recorded 2008–2025 · United States

Kairos was most popular in 2025, when 149 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,704 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,704, with 149 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 775 people named Kairos.

Kairos over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kairos’s peak in 2025. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kairos a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kairos is a boy’s name — 4.7% of the 775 Americans given it were girls and 95.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 5% girls and 95% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Kairos

Where Kairos is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org