Girls' name · since 1963
Kaari
Since 1963, U.S. Social Security records show 304 babies named Kaari, peaking in 2018. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,786 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,600 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 304
- born since 1963
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kaari currently ranks #5600 among girls' names in America, with 304 babies recorded since 1963.
Social Security Administration records show Kaari recorded 304 times among girls since 1963, holding rank #5600 nationally today, ahead of 68% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2025.
- #15,786 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,600 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 304 born since 1963
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaari ranks #15,786 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,600 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 304 born since 1963, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,786 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,600 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 304
- born since 1963
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kaari's 304 recorded births place it above 78.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kaari compares
304 45th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kaari's all-time total is 19% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kaari | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 304 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 34 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kaari's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kaari's full recorded timeline at 2003, 79% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 21% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1963, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 34 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kaari popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Kaari by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (142 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Kaari's strongest decade.
142 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Kaari births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 33
1960s
33 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1990s 14
1990s
14 births
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
88 births
- 2020s
2020s
142 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 142 births (47% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1963–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kaari draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.