girls:
47 births since 2017
#5669 (1st percentile)
boys:
142 births since 2009
#4444 (3rd percentile)
overall:
189 births since 2009
#7550 (2nd percentile)
The name Akhari is the #7,550 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 189 recorded births since 2009. This represents the 2.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,444 (3.0% percentile) for all time with 142 births since 2009. For girls, it ranks #5,669 (0.8% percentile) for all time with 47 births since 2017.
Akhari first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2009 (2009 for boys and 2017 for girls). Birth data for Akhari is available in 9 out of the 15 years between 2009 and 2023 (9 years for boys and 7 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Akhari has been given predominantly to boys, with 75.1% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 68.8% of babies named Akhari were boys.
For boys, Akhari reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 2.9% percentile (ranked #875) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 17 births per million (ranked 2.9% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Akhari ranks #894 for boys (1.9% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 71.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Akhari reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #942) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Akhari is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #942 (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Akhari".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Akhari. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 29.7% confident that Akhari is pronounced as ah-KAH-ree, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uhk-HAH-ree, at 27.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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