How Many People Are Named Cari?
people named Cari are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 28,321 people in the US has this name
Based on 12,870 babies named Cari in Social Security records from 1941 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
541 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of CARRIE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Cari in English. Counting Cari and these spellings together, about 259,970 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Cari, 99.1% were girls and 0.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Cari fell from 99.1% in the 1950s to 80.6% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cari alive today is about 47 years old, and 78% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 40 and 55 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cari first appears in the records in 1941 and was given most often in 1976, to 541 babies. In 2025, 16 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1941 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cari has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #380, in 1976. In 2025 it ranked #9,577.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,577 |
| Best rank | #380 (1976) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #457 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cari alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cari were born in California than in any other state: about 1,552 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cari was given 2.3 times as often in Utah, 2.1 times in Washington and 2 times in Iowa.
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