Cari Girl
How popular is Cari?
#9,454 girl name in 2025
10 baby girls were named Cari in the US in 2025, making it the 9454th most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
Cari popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #9,454 for girls (▼ 3658 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 10 girls, 6 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-62% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,125 in 2015, #4,451 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1976 (541 girls) |
| Highest rank | #379 in 1976 |
| First recorded | 1941 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 18% boys, 82% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cari counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kairi family of names ranked #615 for girls in 2025 (#604 the year before), with 451 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kairi | 239 | 53% |
| Kari | 90 | 20% |
| Carrie | 63 | 14% |
| Cari | 10 | 2% |
| Kairy | 20 | 4% |
| Karri | 8 | 2% |
| Karrie | 7 | 2% |
| Karie | 7 | 2% |
| Kayri | 7 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Cari is most popular
Babies named Cari per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Cari by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 21 | #3,175 |
| 1950s | 547 | #811 |
| 1960s | 2,756 | #470 |
| 1970s | 4,432 | #379 |
| 1980s | 3,068 | #447 |
| 1990s | 1,260 | #960 |
| 2000s | 259 | #3,016 |
| 2010s | 252 | #4,643 |
| 2020s | 162 | #3,891 |
Girl names about as popular as Cari
Questions
- Is Cari a boy or girl name?
- Cari is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 82% of babies named Cari were girls.
- How popular is the name Cari?
- 10 baby girls were named Cari in the US in 2025, making it the 9454th most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
- When was Cari most popular?
- Cari peaked in 1976, when 541 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #379 in 1976.
- How many people are named Cari?
- 12,870 babies have been named Cari in the US since 1880. We estimate about 12,156 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 49.
- Where is Cari most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cari was most common in Georgia, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.