Kari Girl
How popular is Kari?
#2,076 girl name in 2025
90 baby girls were named Kari in the US in 2025, making it the 2076th most popular girl name. Another 23 boys got the name (#4,395 for boys).
Kari popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,076 for girls (▼ 236 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 90 girls, 23 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-21% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,823 in 2015, #1,468 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1975 (2,221 girls) |
| Highest rank | #127 in 1976 |
| First recorded | 1934 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 20% boys, 80% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kari 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 Kari is most popular
Babies named Kari per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Ohio: 0.3 per 1,000 (62 girls)
- Mississippi: 0.2 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Georgia: 0.2 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (32 girls)
Kari by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 25 | #3,374 |
| 1940s | 157 | #1,626 |
| 1950s | 2,238 | #376 |
| 1960s | 10,972 | #204 |
| 1970s | 18,753 | #127 |
| 1980s | 17,543 | #136 |
| 1990s | 6,315 | #256 |
| 2000s | 1,800 | #782 |
| 2010s | 1,166 | #1,528 |
| 2020s | 727 | #1,468 |
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Questions
- Is Kari a boy or girl name?
- Kari is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 80% of babies named Kari were girls.
- How popular is the name Kari?
- 90 baby girls were named Kari in the US in 2025, making it the 2076th most popular girl name. Another 23 boys got the name (#4,395 for boys).
- When was Kari most popular?
- Kari peaked in 1975, when 2,221 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #127 in 1976.
- How many people are named Kari?
- 60,627 babies have been named Kari in the US since 1880. We estimate about 57,463 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 47.
- Where is Kari most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kari was most common in Ohio, at 0.3 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.