Kari
#2,076 for girls in 2025, 90 births · #4,396 for boys in 2025, 23 births
Given to girls 98.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1976 · 2,180 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 59,696since 1934
Kari over time
Rank among girls' names. Kari has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,076 | 90 | #4,396 | 23 |
| 2024 | #1,840 | 109 | #2,835 | 45 |
| 2023 | #1,762 | 116 | #3,005 | 41 |
| 2022 | #1,621 | 130 | #3,617 | 31 |
| 2021 | #1,544 | 136 | #2,862 | 43 |
| 2020 | #1,468 | 146 | #3,344 | 33 |
| 2019 | #1,528 | 141 | #4,003 | 26 |
| 2018 | #1,554 | 139 | #3,993 | 26 |
| 2017 | #1,636 | 132 | #4,466 | 22 |
| 2016 | #1,972 | 101 | #6,349 | 13 |
| 2015 | #1,823 | 114 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #1,830 | 111 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #1,807 | 113 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,807 | 112 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #2,143 | 89 | #5,945 | 14 |
| 2010 | #1,794 | 114 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #1,710 | 129 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #1,657 | 135 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #1,530 | 150 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #1,381 | 165 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #1,362 | 159 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #1,436 | 143 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #1,375 | 146 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #975 | 227 | #6,522 | 10 |
| 2001 | #897 | 253 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #782 | 293 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #778 | 283 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #659 | 349 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #570 | 409 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #464 | 540 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #502 | 489 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #398 | 633 | #4,537 | 13 |
| 1993 | #360 | 708 | #4,447 | 13 |
| 1992 | #327 | 823 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #289 | 974 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | #256 | 1,107 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #205 | 1,299 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #187 | 1,496 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | #167 | 1,670 | #2,725 | 19 |
| 1986 | #170 | 1,601 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #166 | 1,721 | #3,070 | 15 |
| 1984 | #156 | 1,816 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #145 | 1,999 | #2,676 | 17 |
| 1982 | #136 | 2,220 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #145 | 1,954 | #3,412 | 12 |
| 1980 | #158 | 1,767 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | #151 | 1,852 | #2,465 | 19 |
| 1978 | #137 | 1,969 | #2,473 | 18 |
| 1977 | #130 | 2,165 | #2,791 | 15 |
| 1976 | #127 | 2,180 | #2,329 | 19 |
| 1975 | #129 | 2,221 | #2,065 | 22 |
| 1974 | #153 | 1,805 | #2,459 | 16 |
| 1973 | #172 | 1,601 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #186 | 1,561 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #179 | 1,732 | #2,464 | 15 |
| 1970 | #194 | 1,667 | #1,847 | 23 |
| 1969 | #213 | 1,471 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #204 | 1,512 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #226 | 1,303 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #267 | 971 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #282 | 948 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #273 | 1,092 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #275 | 1,085 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #298 | 960 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #311 | 881 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1960 | #351 | 749 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #376 | 649 | #2,530 | 11 |
| 1958 | #431 | 478 | #2,506 | 11 |
| 1957 | #523 | 335 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #620 | 238 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #729 | 169 | — | |
| 1954 | #852 | 123 | — | |
| 1953 | #954 | 98 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,178 | 65 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,277 | 53 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,720 | 30 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,627 | 33 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,008 | 23 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,045 | 23 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,970 | 22 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | — | |
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| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | — | |
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| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kari! It came in at #3,802, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1935, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Kari is popular in 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#66 · 1 in 231
- Minnesota#201 · 1 in 1,036
- Iowa#205 · 1 in 1,021
- Kentucky#233 · 1 in 1,309
- Michigan#293 · 1 in 1,735
Best ever in a state: #17 in North Dakota, 1973.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #66 | 13 | 1 in 231 |
| Minnesota | #201 | 24 | 1 in 1,036 |
| Iowa | #205 | 14 | 1 in 1,021 |
| Kentucky | #233 | 15 | 1 in 1,309 |
| Michigan | #293 | 30 | 1 in 1,735 |
| Ohio | #294 | 33 | 1 in 1,882 |
| Indiana | #316 | 17 | 1 in 1,935 |
| Wisconsin | #321 | 13 | 1 in 1,953 |
| Virginia | #323 | 18 | 1 in 1,897 |
| Pennsylvania | #337 | 29 | 1 in 2,088 |
| Washington | #363 | 15 | 1 in 1,903 |
| Missouri | #373 | 12 | 1 in 2,462 |
| North Carolina | #376 | 17 | 1 in 2,315 |
| Kansas | #383 | 6 | 1 in 2,074 |
| Tennessee | #387 | 12 | 1 in 2,468 |
| Arizona | #390 | 14 | 1 in 2,033 |
| Florida | #399 | 30 | 1 in 2,424 |
| Arkansas | #413 | 5 | 1 in 2,340 |
| Colorado | #422 | 9 | 1 in 2,331 |
| Oklahoma | #426 | 7 | 1 in 2,282 |
| Mississippi | #447 | 5 | 1 in 2,321 |
| Georgia | #464 | 14 | 1 in 2,965 |
| Illinois | #488 | 24 | 1 in 2,977 |
| Oregon | #494 | 6 | 1 in 2,776 |
| Maryland | #496 | 8 | 1 in 3,089 |
| New York | #594 | 26 | 1 in 4,013 |
| Louisiana | #597 | 6 | 1 in 3,592 |
| California | #746 | 42 | 1 in 5,471 |
| Texas | #779 | 24 | 1 in 5,815 |
| New Jersey | #950 | 5 | 1 in 8,467 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kari
- 236 spots since 2024 (#1,840 → #2,076)
- 608 spots since 2020 (#1,468 → #2,076)
- 253 spots since 2015 (#1,823 → #2,076)
- Biggest jump: 224 spots in 1953 (#1,178 → #954)
- Biggest drop: 400 spots in 2003 (#975 → #1,375)
- Debuted 1934
- Peaked 1976 at #127 (2,180 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1953–2002
- Highest: 1 in 656 girls born in 1975 were named Kari (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 17,859 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #127 in 1976, was only 1 in 672 (0.15%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 31.4% of all girls named Kari (18,753) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 25 | #3,376 (1936) | #3,716 |
| 1940s | 157 | #1,627 (1949) | #2,677 |
| 1950s | 2,238 | #376 (1959) | #866 |
| 1960s | 10,972 | #204 (1968) | #270 |
| 1970s | 18,753 | #127 (1976) | #156 |
| 1980s | 17,543 | #136 (1982) | #164 |
| 1990s | 6,315 | #256 (1990) | #460 |
| 2000s | 1,800 | #782 (2000) | #1,311 |
| 2010s | 1,166 | #1,528 (2019) | #1,789 |
| 2020s | 727 | #1,468 (2020) | #1,719 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kari in 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 3,246 of them was named Kari, which outranked 97.1% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 378,860 of them was named Kari, which outranked 14.4% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,521 names at #9,015; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.