girls:
188 births since 1995
#5528 (3rd percentile)
boys:
3.7k births since 1974
#2035 (56th percentile)
overall:
3.9k births since 1974
#4405 (43rd percentile)
The name Dakari is the #4,405 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,899 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 43.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 43.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,035 (55.6% percentile) for all time with 3,711 births since 1974. For girls, it ranks #5,528 (3.3% percentile) for all time with 188 births since 1995.
Dakari first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (1974 for boys and 1995 for girls). Birth data for Dakari is available in 39 out of the 50 years between 1974 and 2023 (39 years for boys and 23 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 Dakari has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 95.2% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Dakari reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 39.2% percentile (ranked #548) with 214 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 214 births per million (ranked 39.2% percentile). Despite a peak around 1988, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Dakari ranks #601 for boys (34.1% percentile) with 181 births per million, which is 84.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Dakari reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #936) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2003, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Dakari ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 59.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dakari".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Dakari. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 83.8% confident that Dakari is pronounced as duh-KAH-ree, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is dah-KAH-ree, at 16.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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