Cari

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A few things about Cari you might not know, from US birth records. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 161,290 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Cari, 10 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Cari would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryCari first shows up in US birth records in 1941, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 84 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1976, when it ranked #379. Today it's #9,457, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📉Then vs nowCari was 4.1× more common in 2000 than it is today. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 39,526 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 161,290.
• 🍂TrendCari has slipped 5,004 places over the last five years and now sits at #9,457. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• ⚖️Boy or girlCari is given to both boys and girls: 63% of the 16 babies named Cari in 2025 were girls. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.
• 🌍OriginCari is the #10 most popular Turkish girl name in the US. That's out of 64 Turkish girl and unisex names in our list.

About the name Cari

Cari is a girl name of Spanish, Turkish and Welsh origin. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, starting with C and ending in “-ari”. US birth records list Cari for girls from 1941 to 2025, in 79 of those 85 years. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked #379 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #9,457, with 10 babies.

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