Kahri
The Story of Kahri
As a girl name
Kahri first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1997, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2016: 9 births, good for #10,859 nationwide. About 60% of every Kahri on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Kahri last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 55 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Kahri as a boy name dates back to 1989, when 5 babies received it. 2020 was its biggest year on record, with 10 newborns named Kahri — #7,499 in the national rankings. About 29% of every Kahri on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Kahri last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 77 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Kahri
Kahri is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1989 and has accumulated 77 births in the dataset. Kahri's peak popularity came in 2020 when it ranked #7,499. Use the chart and map above to compare Kahri's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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