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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 1,749 5 0.0003%
1947 0 0%
1948 1,636 7 0.0004%
1949 0 0%
1950 0 0%
1951 1,185 24 0.0014%
1952 1,146 29 0.0017%
1953 912 62 0.0035%
1954 846 78 0.0043%
1955 753 112 0.0061%
1956 617 193 0.0102%
1957 516 296 0.0154%
1958 431 432 0.0229%
1959 373 613 0.0323%
1960 355 705 0.0372%
1961 319 835 0.0442%
1962 298 925 0.0504%
1963 276 1,050 0.0585%
1964 272 1,053 0.0598%
1965 284 901 0.0551%
1966 267 933 0.0598%
1967 227 1,269 0.0836%
1968 204 1,489 0.0992%
1969 211 1,443 0.0937%
1970 193 1,646 0.1034%
1971 178 1,711 0.1139%
1972 185 1,535 0.1127%
1973 172 1,588 0.1225%
1974 153 1,777 0.1367%
1975 129 2,201 0.1713%
1976 127 2,171 0.1684%
1977 130 2,157 0.16%
1978 137 1,948 0.1449%
1979 152 1,834 0.1301%
1980 157 1,757 0.1202%
1981 145 1,944 0.1322%
1982 136 2,208 0.1478%
1983 144 1,990 0.1349%
1984 156 1,802 0.1211%
1985 166 1,715 0.113%
1986 170 1,584 0.1049%
1987 167 1,650 0.1081%
1988 186 1,488 0.0955%
1989 202 1,293 0.0801%
1990 252 1,094 0.066%
1991 285 947 0.0581%
1992 326 801 0.0502%
1993 354 689 0.0442%
1994 387 613 0.0399%
1995 500 450 0.0299%
1996 466 493 0.0329%
1997 566 365 0.0247%
1998 667 296 0.0198%
1999 771 238 0.0159%
2000 839 218 0.0143%
2001 898 205 0.0136%
2002 921 192 0.0128%
2003 1,440 81 0.0053%
2004 1,423 84 0.0055%
2005 1,313 108 0.0071%
2006 1,387 103 0.0066%
2007 1,484 90 0.0057%
2008 1,563 81 0.0052%
2009 1,711 62 0.0041%
2010 1,764 54 0.0037%
2011 1,974 38 0.0027%
2012 1,680 57 0.004%
2013 1,765 50 0.0035%
2014 1,625 63 0.0043%
2015 1,677 55 0.0038%
2016 1,762 49 0.0034%
2017 1,403 84 0.006%
2018 1,302 95 0.0069%
2019 1,339 90 0.0066%
2020 1,492 90 0.0071%
2021 1,403 94 0.0077%
2022 1,580 84 0.0064%

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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


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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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