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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |