Recorded 1992–2022 Unisex name Peak 2015 124 births

Kauri — unisex name

124 babies named Kauri in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s132000s372010s502020s24
2010s
Peak decade

40% of everyone ever named Kauri was born in this single decade.

2015
Single peak year

10 babies were named Kauri in 2015 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kauri

The Social Security Administration has registered 124 babies named Kauri between 1992 and 2022, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kauri currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Kauri is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 26 additional births since 2004.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kauri performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kauri shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kauri 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 124 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.

Kauri at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

124

Since 1992

31 years of records

Peak year

2015

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1992

Recorded for 31 years

Last year on file: 2022

Kauri popularity over time — girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1992

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2015)
10
Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
567891011 2022201820152009200419981992 7

Kauri popularity over time — boys

26 total births recorded since 2004 (Kauri as boys' name)

Unisex variant — 26 births
4.555.566.5 20232019201620122004 5

Kauri by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
50 births that decade — 40% of Kauri's all-time total
1990s132000s372010s502020s24

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kauri?
124 babies have been named Kauri since 1992. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2015 with 10 births.
When was Kauri most popular?
Kauri was most popular in the 2010s decade with 50 total births. The single peak year was 2015.
Is Kauri a unisex name?
Yes, Kauri is used for both boys and girls. As a girl's name it has 124 births, and as a boy's name it has 26 births.
How long has the name Kauri been used?
Kauri has been recorded in Social Security data since 1992, spanning 31 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Kauri?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kaula, Kausar, Kaui, Kauai, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1992–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.