Unisex name · since 1978
Kumari
122 babies named Kumari in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,938 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 122
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
122 girls have been named Kumari since 1978, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kumari has 122 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2018.
- #24,938 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 122 born since 1978
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kumari ranks #24,938 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 122 born since 1978, peaking in the 2000s.
- #24,938 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 122
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kumari's 122 recorded births place it above 65.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kumari's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kumari splits its recorded history at 2008: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kumari popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2018
- Peak year (2007)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Kumari popularity over time - boys
36 total births recorded since 2006 (Kumari as boys' name)
Kumari by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (59 births, 48% of the file).
2000s was Kumari's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Kumari births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
59 births
- 2010s
2010s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 59 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Kumari's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (59 total births) through the 2010s (50) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kumari: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1978–2018 (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 Kumari 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.