Girls' name · since 2018

Kayari

156 babies named Kayari in U.S. Social Security records since 2018, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#22,364 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#2,436 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
156
born since 2018
2020s
peak decade

156 babies have been named Kayari since 2018, making it today's #2436 girls' name.

Kayari has 156 recorded births among girls since 2018, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2436 as of the latest data, more common than 86% of girls, 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 2018 to 2025.

  • #22,364 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #2,436 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 156 born since 2018
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kayari ranks #22,364 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,436 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 156 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.

#22,364 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#2,436 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
156
born since 2018
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%85.9%
Kayari vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Kayari's 156 recorded births place it above 69.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

4 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.

How Kayari compares

156 32nd 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

Kayari's all-time total is 59% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Kayari Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 156 376 567,345
Peak-year births 74 21 19,840

Kayari's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Kayari's full recorded timeline at 2022, 76% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 24% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2018, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 74 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Kayari popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
74
Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
020406080 20182019202020212022202320242025 74

Kayari by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (137 births, 88% of the file).

2020s was Kayari's strongest decade.

137 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 88% of all-time use.

Kayari births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 137 births (88% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Kayari by state

Where Kayari concentrates geographically, total births since 2018

Geographically diffuse
Top 4 states by recorded births for the name Kayari
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Georgia
11 7.1%
#2 North Carolina
6 3.8%
#3 New York
5 3.2%
#4 Texas
5 3.2%
Georgia share of Kayari's total US births 7.1%
Even split

11 of 156 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kayari?
156 babies have been named Kayari since 2018. All-time, it sits at #22,364 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #2,436 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2025 with 74 births.
Where does Kayari sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kayari ranks #22,364 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,436 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Kayari most popular?
Kayari was most popular in the 2020s decade with 137 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
Where is Kayari most popular?
The top states for the name Kayari are Georgia (11 births), North Carolina (6 births), New York (5 births).
How long has the name Kayari been used?
The SSA has tracked Kayari since 2018 -- 8 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Kayari?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kayla, Kaylee, Kay, Kayleigh, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Kayari's data

  • Georgia records the most Kayaris (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Kayari: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2018–2025 (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 Kayari 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.