Kitai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kih-TY
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Kitai is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Kitai mean?
Modern: invented name used in the film After Earth
Kitai Raige is the young hero of the 2013 science-fiction film After Earth, played by Jaden Smith.
Is Kitai a girl's or a boy's name?
Kitai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kitai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Kitai, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 62 boys. It first appears in the records in 2013.
Half of all the boys named Kitai in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kitai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 29 | #3,799 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 62 | #2,173 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
Names like Kitai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo, Tru, Takai, Zuko, Loki, Kota, Kasai, Rumi, Yug, Yuri, Sakai, Kaizen
Names related to Kitai
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kitai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kitai, updated 20 October 2026.