Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kaori

#5,429 most common girls' name of all time · #9,200 across all names · 5% male / 95% female · used 1969–2025

Rank among girls
#5,429
Rank overall
#9,200 of 105,966
First appeared
1969
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
1,482
Since 2016
723
Peak year
2022 #1,901
Best rank
#1,901 2022
Girls Boys peak 106/yr
198020002020

Kaori first appears in 1969. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 98 5 103 #1,970
2024 80 — 80 #2,314
2023 100 6 106 #1,977
2022 106 — 106 #1,901
2021 93 6 99 #2,062
2020 46 — 46 #3,360
2019 49 — 49 #3,239
2018 44 — 44 #3,519
2017 39 7 46 #3,873
2016 39 5 44 #3,874
2015 26 — 26 #5,185
2014 31 — 31 #4,588
2013 26 — 26 #5,209
2012 20 — 20 #6,414
2011 30 5 35 #4,721
2010 41 — 41 #3,779
2009 61 9 70 #2,873
2008 56 5 61 #3,065
2007 26 8 34 #5,423
2006 53 5 58 #3,151
2005 30 7 37 #4,529
2004 22 — 22 #5,636
2003 28 5 33 #4,591
2002 31 — 31 #4,127
2001 13 — 13 #7,887
2000 13 — 13 #7,740
1999 9 — 9 #9,748
1998 9 — 9 #9,540
1997 11 — 11 #7,960
1996 9 — 9 #9,074
1995 9 — 9 #9,049
1994 7 — 7 #10,992
1993 11 — 11 #7,735
1992 13 — 13 #6,845
1991 18 — 18 #5,303
1990 18 — 18 #5,191
1989 11 — 11 #7,197
1988 9 — 9 #8,035
1987 10 — 10 #7,092
1986 6 — 6 #10,153
1985 8 — 8 #7,943
1983 6 — 6 #9,591
1982 9 — 9 #7,237
1979 6 — 6 #9,587
1978 6 — 6 #9,163
1977 6 — 6 #9,087
1976 6 — 6 #8,818
1974 6 — 6 #8,382
1969 5 — 5 #8,532