Khari
- #3,028 for girls in 2025, 54 births
- #1,529 for boys in 2025, 113 births
- Given to boys 70.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2020 · 380 births
- Debut · boys
- 32 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,766since 1971
Khari over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,028 | 54 | #1,529 | 113 |
| 2024 | #2,362 | 77 | #1,224 | 164 |
| 2023 | #1,603 | 130 | #827 | 296 |
| 2022 | #1,325 | 177 | #797 | 315 |
| 2021 | #1,398 | 156 | #757 | 331 |
| 2020 | #1,282 | 174 | #677 | 380 |
| 2019 | #1,083 | 231 | #789 | 293 |
| 2018 | #1,276 | 180 | #954 | 217 |
| 2017 | #1,373 | 168 | #965 | 215 |
| 2016 | #2,321 | 81 | #1,141 | 169 |
| 2015 | #3,705 | 41 | #1,523 | 108 |
| 2014 | #4,103 | 36 | #1,945 | 74 |
| 2013 | #4,887 | 28 | #2,895 | 39 |
| 2012 | #4,296 | 34 | #2,488 | 50 |
| 2011 | #6,148 | 21 | #2,547 | 48 |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 | #3,181 | 35 |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 | #2,702 | 45 |
| 2008 | #6,559 | 20 | #2,467 | 51 |
| 2007 | #7,733 | 16 | #2,868 | 41 |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 | #2,310 | 54 |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 | #2,433 | 47 |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | #2,075 | 57 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 | #2,206 | 49 |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 | #1,792 | 64 |
| 2001 | #5,009 | 23 | #1,429 | 87 |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 | #1,497 | 81 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | #1,203 | 106 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 | #1,039 | 130 |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 | #1,096 | 115 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #1,188 | 96 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | #1,016 | 119 |
| 1994 | #4,115 | 25 | #849 | 159 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | #1,185 | 89 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #1,382 | 67 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | #1,557 | 55 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #2,865 | 22 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #3,325 | 17 |
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | — | #5,332 | 7 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,052 | 10 | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #2,898 | 15 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #2,965 | 15 |
| 1979 | — | #2,897 | 15 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,279 | 20 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #1,645 | 33 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #1,411 | 40 |
| 1975 | — | #1,559 | 33 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,747 | 27 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,400 | 36 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,163 | 49 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,526 | 32 | |
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First appearance
1971
The first year at least five boys were named Khari! It came in at #1,526, and was given to 32 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1984, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Khari is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #685 | 6 | 1 in 3,586 |
| Maryland | #702 | 6 | 1 in 3,816 |
| Georgia | #853 | 10 | 1 in 5,022 |
| Virginia | #971 | 6 | 1 in 6,209 |
| Michigan | #999 | 6 | 1 in 6,699 |
| Tennessee | #1,040 | 5 | 1 in 7,354 |
| Illinois | #1,280 | 5 | 1 in 9,910 |
| Florida | #1,353 | 8 | 1 in 11,942 |
| New York | #1,410 | 7 | 1 in 12,060 |
| Texas | #1,760 | 9 | 1 in 19,450 |
| California | #2,203 | 6 | 1 in 29,246 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Khari
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 852 spots since 2020 (#677 → #1,529)
- Biggest jump: 336 spots in 1994
- Biggest drop: 397 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · boys
49 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 2020 at #677 (380 births)
- Births halved by 2024, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 2017–2023
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,542
- Highest: 1 in 4,542 boys born in 2020 were named Khari (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 15,116 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 33.6% of all boys named Khari (1,599) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1988
- Mostly girls until 1987, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 285 | #1,163 (1972) | #1,736 |
| 1980s | 100 | #2,898 (1981) | #4,090 |
| 1990s | 958 | #849 (1994) | #1,338 |
| 2000s | 576 | #1,429 (2001) | #2,178 |
| 2010s | 1,248 | #789 (2019) | #1,843 |
| 2020s | 1,599 | #677 (2020) | #969 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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