boys:
397 births since 2000
#4189 (9th percentile)
overall:
397 births since 2000
#7342 (5th percentile)
The name Dakhari is the #7,342 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 397 recorded births since 2000. This represents the 5.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,189 (8.6% percentile) for all time with 397 births since 2000.
Dakhari first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2000 (first recorded for boys in 2000). Birth data for Dakhari is available in 21 out of the 24 years between 2000 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Dakhari reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 4.4% percentile (ranked #883) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 25 births per million (ranked 4.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Dakhari ranks #881 for boys (3.3% percentile) with 19 births per million, which is 77.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dakhari".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Dakhari. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 51.4% confident that Dakhari is pronounced as duh-KAH-ree, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is dah-KAH-ree, at 43.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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