Kaori
#1,962 for girls in 2025, 98 births · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 95.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2022 · 106 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,409since 1969
Kaori over time
Rank among girls' names. Kaori has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,962 | 98 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #2,303 | 80 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,965 | 100 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #1,898 | 106 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,057 | 93 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #3,338 | 46 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,222 | 49 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,497 | 44 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,848 | 39 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #3,849 | 39 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #5,127 | 26 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,544 | 31 | — | |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,341 | 20 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,681 | 30 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #3,745 | 41 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,852 | 61 | #8,310 | 9 |
| 2008 | #3,054 | 56 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #5,377 | 26 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #3,136 | 53 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #4,487 | 30 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #5,555 | 22 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,536 | 28 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #4,071 | 31 | — | |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | — | |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | — | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,181 | 18 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | — | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | — | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
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| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | — | |
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| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | — | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | — | |
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| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | — | |
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| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kaori! It came in at #7,471, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1969–1973, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kaori is popular in 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#907 · 1 in 4,529
- Maryland#914 · 1 in 4,424
- Virginia#960 · 1 in 4,940
- North Carolina#1,232 · 1 in 7,513
- Pennsylvania#1,234 · 1 in 8,131
Best ever in a state: #597 in Louisiana, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #907 | 10 | 1 in 4,529 |
| Maryland | #914 | 5 | 1 in 4,424 |
| Virginia | #960 | 7 | 1 in 4,940 |
| North Carolina | #1,232 | 6 | 1 in 7,513 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,234 | 6 | 1 in 8,131 |
| California | #1,634 | 14 | 1 in 12,466 |
| Florida | #1,849 | 6 | 1 in 13,933 |
| New York | #2,090 | 5 | 1 in 16,250 |
| Texas | #2,852 | 6 | 1 in 25,913 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kaori
- 341 spots since 2024 (#2,303 → #1,962)
- 1,376 spots since 2020 (#3,338 → #1,962)
- 3,165 spots since 2015 (#5,127 → #1,962)
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 2022 at #1,898 (106 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 15,473 girls born in 2022 were named Kaori (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,401 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 37.1% of all girls named Kaori (523) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #7,471 (1969) | #7,471 |
| 1970s | 30 | #7,680 (1974) | #8,370 |
| 1980s | 59 | #6,788 (1987) | #7,778 |
| 1990s | 114 | #5,060 (1990) | #7,902 |
| 2000s | 333 | #2,852 (2009) | #4,837 |
| 2010s | 345 | #3,222 (2019) | #4,400 |
| 2020s | 523 | #1,898 (2022) | #2,254 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kaori in 2021
Top girls' names in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 17,644 of them was named Kaori, which outranked 88.4% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,046Mckayla94
- #2,046Nya94
- #2,046Reem94
- #2,057Kaori93
- #2,057Abriella93
- #2,057Delylah93
- #2,057Halston93
- #2,071Christiana92
- #2,071Citlali92
- #2,071Destinee92
Tied with 13 names at #2,057; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 291,580 of them was named Kaori, which outranked 23.4% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #9,714Zyen7
- #9,714Zyer7
- #9,714Zyquan7
- #10,799Kaori6
- #10,799Aadiv6
- #10,799Aahaan6
- #10,799Aalim6
- #12,146Aadith5
- #12,146Aaidyn5
- #12,146Aaliyan5
Tied with 1,346 names at #10,799; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.