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Tkai

tuh-KAI /təˈkaɪ/

At a glance

U.S. rank 2025
Not in the 2025 data · last seen 2023 (#12,239)
Babies in 2023
5 (<0.01% of boys)
Peak
#3,670 in 2002
First recorded
2001

Meaning of Tkai

Tkai, pronounced tuh-KAI, emerges as a unisex jewel forged at the crossroads of ancient Latin murmurs and contemporary creativity, a name pregnant with promise and poetry. Though its true roots are as mysterious as a hidden fresco in a sunlit Roman villa, one can almost hear in its twin syllables the whisper of “tranquillus” (calm) entwined with the jubilant echo of “Caius” (rejoice), lending each bearer a quiet fortitude wrapped in celebration. In the United States, this lyrical coinage has slipped gracefully into the popular imagination—thirty-four newborns in 2002 first answered to its call, followed by twenty-two in 2003 and eight apiece in 2004 and 2005—nestling just inside the top 1,000 and hinting at a slow-burn ascent. More than a mere appellation, Tkai reads like a sonnet on the breeze, conjuring images of marble-paved courtyards at dawn, the hush of olive groves stirred by a gentle wind, and the timeless dance between serenity and joy that every child might one day make their own.

How to pronounce Tkai

Popularity of Tkai in the U.S.

Tkai was last recorded in the U.S. in 2023, ranked #12,239 with 5 babies. It peaked at #3,670 in 2002. It first appears in the records in 2001.

Bar and line chart: Tkai in the U.S., 2001–2023. Bars: boys given the name each year, most 23 in 2002 and 5 in 2023. Line: rank among boy names, peak #3,670 in 2002, #12,239 in 2023.
  • Boys named Tkai (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 2001–2023. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Year-by-year table, 2001⁠–⁠2023 10 rows
Tkai: babies and rank among boy names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2023512,239back (not recorded in 2022)
2021512,146back (not recorded in 2020)
2019512,145back (not recorded in 2012–2018)
2011512,287back (not recorded in 2009–2010)
2008611,037▼ 2,864
200798,173back (not recorded in 2005–2006)
200478,927▼ 4,311
2003174,616▼ 946
2002233,670▲ 6,886
2001510,556new