Kitai comes from the ModernAmerican / Multicultural tradition, meaning Japanese origin; hope or expectation..
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How popular is Kitai?
2014peak year
Today, Kitai is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #5292), with only about 19 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2014, 62 babies were given the name (ranked #2191 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2010s. Kitai's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 267 babies have been registered as Kitai since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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