Kadi
Kadi is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Estonian
Meaning & Origin of Kadi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kadi is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Estonian
The Story of Kadi
American parents first put Kadi on the record books as a baby girl name in 1975, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1989, when 43 Kadis were born — ranking #2,618 that year. About 35% of every Kadi on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Kadi last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 954 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Kadi
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Kadi. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Kadi
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About the name Kadi
Kadi is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 954 births in the dataset. Kadi's peak popularity came in 1989 when it ranked #2,618. Use the chart and map above to compare Kadi's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.