girls:
852 births since 1989
#4864 (15th percentile)
boys:
211 births since 1989
#4375 (5th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1989
#6676 (14th percentile)
The name Kiari is the #6,676 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,063 recorded births since 1989. This represents the 13.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,864 (14.9% percentile) for all time with 852 births since 1989. For boys, it ranks #4,375 (4.5% percentile) for all time with 211 births since 1989.
Kiari first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1989 . Birth data for Kiari is available in 34 out of the 35 years between 1989 and 2023 (33 years for girls and 13 years for boys). 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 Kiari has been given predominantly to girls, with 80.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 75.7% of babies named Kiari were girls. Interestingly, until around 1990, the name was more popular for boys (50.0% boys from 1989 to 1989), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (80.6% girls from 1990 to 2023).
For girls, Kiari reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 10.4% percentile (ranked #849) with 59 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 59 births per million (ranked 10.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kiari is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #849 (10.4% percentile) with 59 births per million.
For boys, Kiari reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 5.1% percentile (ranked #855) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 28 births per million (ranked 5.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kiari ranks #883 for boys (3.1% percentile) with 18 births per million, which is 65.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kiari".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kiari. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.2% confident that Kiari is pronounced as kee-AH-ree, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEE-ah-ree, at 11.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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