Cari — #5809 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Cari

The Social Security Administration has registered 12,747 babies named Cari between 1941 and 2024, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cari currently holds the #5809 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 541 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cari performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 4,432 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Cari shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,683 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Cari in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cari in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 12,747 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.