Cari
Cari is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 21 births. Its best rank was 380th, in 1976.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 210.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1976541 births
- Best rank
- #380in 1976
- Since 1941
- 12,747people given the name
The story in the numbers
12,747 girls have been named Cari in the United States since 1941, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1976, with 541 births.
The name has all but left use: 21 births in 2024, against 541 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1976, and the 1970s alone account for 35%. It has spent 32 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Cari | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 21 | |
| 1950s | 547 | |
| 1960s | 2,756 | |
| 1970s | 4,432 | |
| 1980s | 3,068 | |
| 1990s | 1,260 | |
| 2000s | 259 | |
| 2010s | 252 | |
| 2020s | 152 |
In 1976, its biggest year
Cari was the 380th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1976 were Jennifer, Amy, Melissa, Heather and Angela. See all of 1976.
Names that rose and fell with Cari
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Melyndapeak 1973
- Kerripeak 1975
- Chandrapeak 1975
- Kristipeak 1971
- Larondapeak 1973
- Karripeak 1976
- Larhondapeak 1970
- Kariepeak 1975
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.