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.

Kari

#529 most common girls' name of all time · #979 across all names · 2% male / 98% female · used 1934–2025

Rank among girls
#529
Rank overall
#979 of 105,966
First appeared
1934
Years on the list
90 of 146
All-time
60,627
Since 2016
1,543
Peak year
1975 #129
Best rank
#127 1976
Girls Boys peak 2,243/yr
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Kari first appears in 1934. 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 90 23 113 #2,081
2024 109 45 154 #1,843
2023 116 41 157 #1,763
2022 130 31 161 #1,630
2021 136 43 179 #1,546
2020 146 33 179 #1,469
2019 141 26 167 #1,534
2018 139 26 165 #1,559
2017 132 22 154 #1,639
2016 101 13 114 #1,976
2015 114 10 124 #1,823
2014 111 5 116 #1,830
2013 113 113 #1,809
2012 112 10 122 #1,809
2011 89 14 103 #2,146
2010 114 5 119 #1,799
2009 129 7 136 #1,713
2008 135 7 142 #1,661
2007 150 9 159 #1,532
2006 165 6 171 #1,384
2005 159 6 165 #1,364
2004 143 6 149 #1,437
2003 146 8 154 #1,376
2002 227 10 237 #976
2001 253 6 259 #898
2000 293 6 299 #783
1999 283 5 288 #779
1998 349 11 360 #659
1997 409 5 414 #570
1996 540 5 545 #465
1995 489 10 499 #502
1994 633 13 646 #398
1993 708 13 721 #360
1992 823 11 834 #327
1991 974 11 985 #289
1990 1,107 10 1,117 #256
1989 1,299 9 1,308 #205
1988 1,496 12 1,508 #187
1987 1,670 19 1,689 #167
1986 1,601 12 1,613 #170
1985 1,721 15 1,736 #166
1984 1,816 12 1,828 #156
1983 1,999 17 2,016 #145
1982 2,220 16 2,236 #136
1981 1,954 12 1,966 #145
1980 1,767 14 1,781 #158
1979 1,852 19 1,871 #152
1978 1,969 18 1,987 #137
1977 2,165 15 2,180 #130
1976 2,180 19 2,199 #127
1975 2,221 22 2,243 #129
1974 1,805 16 1,821 #153
1973 1,601 10 1,611 #173
1972 1,561 7 1,568 #186
1971 1,732 15 1,747 #179
1970 1,667 23 1,690 #194
1969 1,471 8 1,479 #213
1968 1,512 11 1,523 #204
1967 1,303 10 1,313 #227
1966 971 6 977 #267
1965 948 6 954 #282
1964 1,092 9 1,101 #273
1963 1,085 8 1,093 #275
1962 960 9 969 #298
1961 881 12 893 #311
1960 749 5 754 #351
1959 649 11 660 #376
1958 478 11 489 #432
1957 335 6 341 #524
1956 238 5 243 #622
1955 169 169 #732
1954 123 123 #858
1953 98 98 #967
1952 65 65 #1,184
1951 53 53 #1,288
1950 30 30 #1,758
1949 33 33 #1,657
1948 23 23 #2,065
1947 23 23 #2,082
1946 22 22 #2,019
1945 8 8 #3,640
1944 10 10 #3,117
1943 13 13 #2,682
1942 5 5 #5,190
1941 9 9 #3,220
1940 11 11 #2,732
1939 7 7 #3,746
1937 5 5 #4,817
1936 7 7 #3,682
1934 6 6 #4,261