Karri

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1976 · 202 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,493
since 1953

Karri over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Karri has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #723, 1976girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,9178#10,6956
2024#11,1228—
2023#12,1977—
2022#10,3839—
2021#7,63014—
2020#10,2509—
2019#9,11211—
2018#6,52118—
2017#10,6899—
2016#14,3316—
2015#11,8358—
2014#10,12910—
2013#14,5826—
2012——
2011#14,8246—
2010#12,2768—
2009#13,7047—
2008#10,80710—
2007#11,6309—
2006#9,28612—
2005#7,89114—
2004#9,89210—
2003#8,50512—
2002#8,28012—
2001#6,95615—
2000#10,7458—
1999#4,57624—
1998#6,36015—
1997#4,50823—
1996#3,56931—
1995#4,51822—
1994#4,01626—
1993#3,15836—
1992#2,61247—
1991#2,21559—
1990#2,10162—
1989#1,94366—
1988#1,96861—
1987#1,83863—
1986#1,69169—
1985#1,35097—
1984#1,36886—
1983#1,237102—
1982#1,058136—
1981#1,128122—
1980#1,216108—
1979#1,095125—
1978#995137—
1977#764197—
1976#723202—
1975#761186—
1974#882146—
1973#752184—
1972#823161—
1971#747198—
1970#860156—
1969#757177—
1968#794159—
1967#923123—
1966#1,07296—
1965#1,15685—
1964#977118—
1963#1,026108—
1962#1,081100—
1961#1,10199—
1960#1,28673—
1959#1,41757—
1958#1,55747—
1957#2,41622—
1956#2,92916—
1955#5,2086—
1954#5,7535—
1953#3,9559—
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First appearance
1953

The first year at least five girls were named Karri! It came in at #3,955, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2012, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Karri is popular in 1968

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedNHWashington: #423 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,939 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #469 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,623 girlsMNIllinois: #878 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 11,953 girlsILWisconsin: #323 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,714 girlsWIMichigan: #481 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,630 girlsMINew York: #1,293 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 22,707 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedIAIndiana: #580 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,632 girlsINOhio: #710 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 10,326 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #768 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 8,095 girlsCAUtah: #325 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,806 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedNEMissouri: #420 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,654 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedHITexas: #706 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 6,709 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Karri, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Wisconsin#323 · 1 in 2,714
  2. Utah#325 · 1 in 1,806
  3. Missouri#420 · 1 in 3,654
  4. Washington#423 · 1 in 2,939
  5. Minnesota#469 · 1 in 5,623

Best ever in a state: #205 in South Dakota, 1979.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#323121 in 2,714
Utah#32551 in 1,806
Missouri#42091 in 3,654
Washington#42381 in 2,939
Minnesota#46951 in 5,623
Michigan#481151 in 4,630
Indiana#58061 in 6,632
Texas#706141 in 6,709
Ohio#71081 in 10,326
California#768191 in 8,095
Illinois#87871 in 11,953
New York#1,29361 in 22,707
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See more about Karri
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 205 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #10,917)
  • 667 spots since 2020 (#10,250 → #10,917)
  • 918 spots since 2015 (#11,835 → #10,917)
  • Biggest jump: 149 spots in 1967 (#1,072 → #923)
  • Biggest drop: 231 spots in 1978 (#764 → #995)
Rise & fade · girls
23 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1953
  • Peaked 1976 at #723 (202 births)
  • Births halved by 1984, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1967–1978
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,253
  • Highest: 1 in 7,253 girls born in 1976 were named Karri (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 37.7% of all girls named Karri (1,692) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s162#1,417 (1959)#3,319
1960s1,138#757 (1969)#1,017
1970s1,692#723 (1976)#840
1980s910#1,058 (1982)#1,480
1990s345#2,101 (1990)#3,763
2000s109#6,956 (2001)#9,770
2010s82#6,521 (2018)#11,589
2020s55#7,630 (2021)#10,417

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.

Karri in 1968

girls
#794
159 births · 1 in 10,317 girls

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #794Karri159
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 10,317 of them was named Karri, which outranked 90.3% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Karri
  1. #791Dorothea160
  2. #791Gale160
  3. #791Shannan160
  4. #794Karri159
  5. #794Bessie159
  6. #794Esmeralda159
  7. #794Kathie159
  8. #801Aurora158
  9. #801Catrina158
  10. #801Myrna158

Tied with 6 names at #794; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,132Coretta#3,656 → #524
  2. ↑ 1,257Tamika#1,980 → #723
  3. ↑ 1,150Tamiko#1,702 → #552
  4. ↑ 607Chantel#1,348 → #741
  5. ↑ 490Chantal#1,441 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 602Wende#857 → #1,459
  2. ↓ 545Zina#959 → #1,504
  3. ↓ 341Evonne#970 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 294Portia#902 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 285Mariann#973 → #1,258

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1968 →