How Many People Are Named Kari?
people named Kari are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,988 people in the US has this name
Based on 60,627 babies named Kari in Social Security records from 1934 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,243 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Old Norse form of KÅRE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Kari, 98.5% were girls and 1.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Kari fell from 100% in the 1940s to 77.1% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kari alive today is about 45 years old, and 78% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 38 and 54 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kari first appears in the records in 1934 and was given most often in 1975, to 2,243 babies. In 2025, 113 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1934 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kari has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #127, in 1976. In 2025 it ranked #2,087.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,087 |
| Best rank | #127 (1976) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #155 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kari alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kari were born in California than in any other state: about 5,461 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kari was given 6.4 times as often in North Dakota, 4.8 times in Minnesota and 4.2 times in South Dakota.
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