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Kari Name Popularity

How popular is the name Kari? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 — 0 0%
1911 — 0 0%
1912 — 0 0%
1913 — 0 0%
1914 — 0 0%
1915 — 0 0%
1916 — 0 0%
1917 — 0 0%
1918 — 0 0%
1919 — 0 0%
1920 — 0 0%
1921 — 0 0%
1922 — 0 0%
1923 — 0 0%
1924 — 0 0%
1925 — 0 0%
1926 — 0 0%
1927 — 0 0%
1928 — 0 0%
1929 — 0 0%
1930 — 0 0%
1931 — 0 0%
1932 — 0 0%
1933 — 0 0%
1934 — 0 0%
1935 — 0 0%
1936 — 0 0%
1937 — 0 0%
1938 — 0 0%
1939 — 0 0%
1940 — 0 0%
1941 — 0 0%
1942 — 0 0%
1943 — 0 0%
1944 — 0 0%
1945 — 0 0%
1946 — 5 0.0003%
1947 — 0 0%
1948 — 7 0.0004%
1949 — 0 0%
1950 — 0 0%
1951 — 24 0.0014%
1952 — 29 0.0017%
1953 — 62 0.0035%
1954 — 78 0.0043%
1955 — 112 0.0061%
1956 — 193 0.0102%
1957 — 296 0.0154%
1958 — 432 0.0229%
1959 — 613 0.0323%
1960 — 705 0.0372%
1961 — 835 0.0442%
1962 — 925 0.0504%
1963 — 1,050 0.0585%
1964 — 1,053 0.0598%
1965 — 901 0.0551%
1966 — 933 0.0598%
1967 — 1,269 0.0836%
1968 — 1,489 0.0992%
1969 — 1,443 0.0937%
1970 — 1,646 0.1034%
1971 — 1,711 0.1139%
1972 — 1,535 0.1127%
1973 — 1,588 0.1225%
1974 — 1,777 0.1367%
1975 — 2,201 0.1713%
1976 — 2,171 0.1684%
1977 — 2,157 0.16%
1978 — 1,948 0.1449%
1979 — 1,834 0.1301%
1980 — 1,757 0.1202%
1981 — 1,944 0.1322%
1982 — 2,208 0.1478%
1983 — 1,990 0.1349%
1984 — 1,802 0.1211%
1985 — 1,715 0.113%
1986 — 1,584 0.1049%
1987 — 1,650 0.1081%
1988 — 1,488 0.0955%
1989 — 1,293 0.0801%
1990 — 1,094 0.066%
1991 — 947 0.0581%
1992 — 801 0.0502%
1993 — 689 0.0442%
1994 — 613 0.0399%
1995 — 450 0.0299%
1996 — 493 0.0329%
1997 — 365 0.0247%
1998 — 296 0.0198%
1999 — 238 0.0159%
2000 — 218 0.0143%
2001 — 205 0.0136%
2002 — 192 0.0128%
2003 — 81 0.0053%
2004 — 84 0.0055%
2005 — 108 0.0071%
2006 — 103 0.0066%
2007 — 90 0.0057%
2008 — 81 0.0052%
2009 — 62 0.0041%
2010 — 54 0.0037%
2011 — 38 0.0027%
2012 — 57 0.004%
2013 — 50 0.0035%
2014 — 63 0.0043%
2015 — 55 0.0038%
2016 — 49 0.0034%
2017 — 84 0.006%
2018 — 95 0.0069%
2019 — 90 0.0066%
2020 — 90 0.0071%
2021 — 94 0.0077%
2022 — 84 0.0064%
2023 — 55 0.0042%

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Data via SSA.gov.


Names Like Kari

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What names sound like Kari?

If you like how Kari sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Kari.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Cari

Love

Gaelic

Karie
Karri

Pure

Greek

Kary
Keri

Fair, blessed poetry; black

Welsh

Kiri
Kori

Greek


What names are similar to Kari?

Find a name that’s like Kari, but just a little bit different.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Bari

To select; innocent; spear

Irish

Dari

Maintains possessions well

Persian

Kaci

Alert, watchful

Irish

Kadi

Pure

Greek

Kai

The sea

Polynesian

Kali

The black one

Indian (Sanskrit)

Kami

Lord

Japanese

Kani

Sound

Polynesian

Kapri

American

Karin

A variant form of Karen.

Scandinavian

Karis

Grace

Greek

Karli

Free man

Slavic

Kasi

Thorny tree; alert, watchful

Irish

Kati

Pure

Greek

Klari

Hungarian

Lari

Cheerful, lighthearted; the bay, or laurel plant

Latin

Mari

Sea of bitterness

Welsh

Nari

Gentle child; lily

Asian, Japanese

Sari

Princess

Hebrew


5 Comments

  1. Named my girl kari.
    As a single mom, I felt privileged to name her, since it men here that name the kids. Glad I deified norms.. Hhihihi

  2. Um, used to have a pure heart now it sparks and people shine 😉

  3. KARI is my name I proununce it Car-ee I love it I only met 2 Kari”s they proununce it the same way I do.

    • My name is pronounced like yours too and I’ve never met another one. But mine is spelled with 2 “I’s”

    • My name is KARI as well…& I also pronounce it (CAR-EE) …I am originally from Bethel, AK but live in Anchorage, AK. I am Yupik Eskimo & alot of other thing’s…lol

      Glad to hear you spell & pronounce your name like mine too…Yay!


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