girls:
68 births since 2016
#5648 (1st percentile)
boys:
811 births since 1990
#3776 (18th percentile)
overall:
879 births since 1990
#6860 (11th percentile)
The name Kahari is the #6,860 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 879 recorded births since 1990. This represents the 11.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,776 (17.6% percentile) for all time with 811 births since 1990. For girls, it ranks #5,648 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 68 births since 2016.
Kahari first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1990 (1990 for boys and 2016 for girls). Birth data for Kahari is available in 32 out of the 34 years between 1990 and 2023 (32 years for boys and 8 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 Kahari has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 92.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 90.9% of babies named Kahari were boys.
For boys, Kahari reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 11.5% percentile (ranked #806) with 60 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 60 births per million (ranked 11.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kahari is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #806 (11.5% percentile) with 60 births per million.
For girls, Kahari reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #949) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 8 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kahari ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 80.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kahari".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kahari. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 82.4% confident that Kahari is pronounced as kuh-HAH-ree, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kah-HAH-ree, at 17.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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