Kiari — #2420 US unisex name
927 babies named Kiari in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 86% of names given to girls today.
46% of everyone ever named Kiari was born in this single decade.
103 babies were named Kiari in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kiari
The Social Security Administration has registered 927 babies named Kiari between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kiari currently holds the #2420 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 103 babies received it in a single year. Kiari is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 233 additional births since 1989.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kiari performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 426 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kiari shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 46 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Kiari in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kiari 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 927 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.
Kiari at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kiari popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1989
- Peak year (2023)
- 103
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #2420 among girls.
927 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 103 births in a single year.
Kiari popularity over time — boys
233 total births recorded since 1989 (Kiari as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Kiari accounts for 20% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kiari by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 426 births that decade — 46% of Kiari's all-time total
Kiari decade highlights
- Peak decade 426 births
- Runner-up 248 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Kiari's strongest decade
426 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Kiari by state
Where Kiari concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 46 | 5.0% |
| #2 | Florida | | 36 | 3.9% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 28 | 3.0% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 25 | 2.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 20 | 2.2% |
| #6 | California | | 15 | 1.6% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 13 | 1.4% |
| #8 | New York | | 11 | 1.2% |
46 of 927 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.0% of nationwide
- Florida 3.9% of nationwide
- North Carolina 3.0% of nationwide
- Georgia 2.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 15 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kiari appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1989–2024 (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.