Kaoru

girls:

83 births since 1915

#5633 (1st percentile)

boys:

168 births since 1914

#4418 (4th percentile)

overall:

251 births since 1914

#7488 (3rd percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Kaoru is the #7,488 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 251 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 3.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,418 (3.6% percentile) for all time with 168 births since 1914. For girls, it ranks #5,633 (1.4% percentile) for all time with 83 births since 1915.

Kaoru first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for boys and 1915 for girls). Birth data for Kaoru is available in 20 out of the 86 years between 1914 and 1999 (17 years for boys and 11 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 Kaoru has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (66.9% of all recorded births). In 1999, 100.0% of babies named Kaoru were boys.

For boys, Kaoru reached its peak popularity in 1921, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #538) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1917, with 17 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1999.

For girls, Kaoru reached its peak popularity in 1921, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #597) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1921, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1994.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kaoru".

1914 1999 19141999

Key Statistics

Total Births
83
Peak Births
13
Peak Year
1921
First Recorded
1915
Peak Percentile
1.3%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#597
Current Rank
Female statistics
Total Births
168
Peak Births
17
Peak Year
1921
First Recorded
1914
Peak Percentile
2.2%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#538
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Kaoru

Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Kaoru. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 62.1% confident that Kaoru is pronounced as kah-OH-rue, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KOW-rue, at 17.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.

kah-OH-rue (3 syllables)
62.1% confidence
K AA0 OW1 R UW0
KOW-rue (2 syllables)
17.2% confidence
K AW1 R UW0
KAH-aw-rue (3 syllables)
13.8% confidence
K AA1 AO0 R UW0
kuh-OH-rue (3 syllables)
6.9% confidence
K AH0 OW1 R UW0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like K AA0 OW1 R UW0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

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