Kahari
#5,099 for girls in 2025, 25 births · #1,976 for boys in 2025, 77 births
Given to boys 90.1% of the time
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- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 110 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 961since 1990
Kahari over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,099 | 25 | #1,976 | 77 |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 | #2,057 | 73 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 | #1,576 | 110 |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | #1,634 | 106 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | #2,109 | 68 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #2,980 | 39 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | #2,808 | 44 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #4,226 | 24 |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | #3,312 | 34 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | #4,776 | 20 |
| 2015 | — | #5,058 | 18 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,702 | 20 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,537 | 10 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,720 | 15 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,945 | 14 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,803 | 8 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,334 | 17 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,070 | 14 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,493 | 21 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,781 | 14 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,824 | 17 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,860 | 23 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,838 | 22 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,909 | 21 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,676 | 16 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,040 | 14 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,986 | 18 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,708 | 19 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,059 | 16 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,982 | 9 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,791 | 12 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,803 | 12 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,360 | 10 | |
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| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1990
The first year at least five boys were named Kahari! It came in at #7,178, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1991–1992, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 81 spots since 2024 (#2,057 → #1,976)
- 1,004 spots since 2020 (#2,980 → #1,976)
- 3,082 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #1,976)
Rise & fade · boys
33 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1990
- Peaked 2023 at #1,576 (110 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,551
- Highest: 1 in 15,551 boys born in 2023 were named Kahari (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 22,183 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 49.2% of all boys named Kahari (473) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 102 | #3,708 (1998) | #4,983 |
| 2000s | 179 | #3,838 (2003) | #4,783 |
| 2010s | 207 | #2,808 (2019) | #5,289 |
| 2020s | 473 | #1,576 (2023) | #2,055 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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