Unisex name · since 1989
Kahri
Since 1989, U.S. Social Security records show 82 babies named Kahri, peaking in 2020. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,725 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,569 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 82
- born since 1989
- 2020s
- peak decade
82 babies have been named Kahri since 1989, making it today's #12569 unisex name.
Kahri has 82 recorded births among boys since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12569 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #18,725 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,569 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 82 born since 1989
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kahri ranks #18,725 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,569 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 82 born since 1989, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,725 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,569 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 82
- born since 1989
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kahri's 82 recorded births place it above 58.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kahri compares
82 23rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Kahri's all-time total is 78% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kahri | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 82 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kahri's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kahri splits its recorded history at 2016: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kahri popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Kahri popularity over time - girls
60 total births recorded since 1997 (Kahri as girls' name)
Kahri by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (27 births, 33% of the file).
2020s was Kahri's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Kahri births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
18 births
- 2000s
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
20 births
- 2020s
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 27 births (33% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kahri: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~36 yrs)
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, 1989–2025 (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 Kahri 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.