Kari
Kari is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 109 births. Its best rank was 127th, in 1976.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1090.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 19752,221 births
- Best rank
- #127in 1976
- Since 1934
- 59,607people given the name
The story in the numbers
59,607 girls have been named Kari in the United States since 1934, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1975, with 2,221 births — 0.15% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 109 births in 2024, against 2,221 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1978, and the 1970s alone account for 31%. It has spent 50 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Kari | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 25 | |
| 1940s | 157 | |
| 1950s | 2,238 | |
| 1960s | 10,972 | |
| 1970s | 18,754 | |
| 1980s | 17,544 | |
| 1990s | 6,315 | |
| 2000s | 1,800 | |
| 2010s | 1,166 | |
| 2020s | 636 |
In 1975, its biggest year
Kari was the 129th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1975 were Jennifer, Amy, Heather, Melissa and Angela. See all of 1975.
Names that rose and fell with Kari
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Danellepeak 1974
- Kelipeak 1979
- Melissapeak 1979
- Mellissapeak 1979
- Jamipeak 1977
- Shandrapeak 1976
- Chereepeak 1975
- Cheritapeak 1980
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.