Kari — #1840 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kari

The Social Security Administration has registered 59,607 babies named Kari between 1934 and 2024, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kari currently holds the #1840 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 2,221 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kari performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 18,754 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Kari shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5,863 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Kari in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kari 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 59,607 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.