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

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Peak · boys
2020 · 380 births
Debut · boys
32 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,766
since 1971

Khari over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #1,083, 2019peak #677, 2020girlsboys
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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#3,02854#1,529113
2024#2,36277#1,224164
2023#1,603130#827296
2022#1,325177#797315
2021#1,398156#757331
2020#1,282174#677380
2019#1,083231#789293
2018#1,276180#954217
2017#1,373168#965215
2016#2,32181#1,141169
2015#3,70541#1,523108
2014#4,10336#1,94574
2013#4,88728#2,89539
2012#4,29634#2,48850
2011#6,14821#2,54748
2010#6,90418#3,18135
2009#8,45414#2,70245
2008#6,55920#2,46751
2007#7,73316#2,86841
2006#7,48216#2,31054
2005#6,24519#2,43347
2004#7,82814#2,07557
2003#7,99813#2,20649
2002#5,89719#1,79264
2001#5,00923#1,42987
2000#6,48716#1,49781
1999#8,22311#1,203106
1998#6,36015#1,039130
1997#5,41718#1,096115
1996#7,13012#1,18896
1995#7,04112#1,016119
1994#4,11525#849159
1993#7,03812#1,18589
1992#9,4918#1,38267
1991#6,97612#1,55755
1990#11,4096#2,86522
1989#9,6817#3,32517
1988—#5,2008
1987#8,7787#5,4597
1986—#5,3327
1985—#4,05210
1984——
1983#9,0156#3,88410
1982#10,5175#3,69211
1981#8,1287#2,89815
1980#10,3925#2,96515
1979—#2,89715
1978—#2,27920
1977#9,6525#1,64533
1976#9,2845#1,41140
1975—#1,55933
1974—#1,74727
1973—#1,40036
1972—#1,16349
1971—#1,52632
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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 2017

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,180 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 10,322 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedWIMichigan: #808 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,803 boysMINew York: #931 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 7,504 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedINOhio: #788 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 5,836 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #867 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,809 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,434 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 17,976 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedNEMissouri: #524 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,060 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedWVVirginia: #657 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,528 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedARTennessee: #681 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,534 boysTNNorth Carolina: #463 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 2,701 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedLAMississippi: #538 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,667 boysMSAlabama: #514 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,859 boysALGeorgia: #435 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 2,334 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Khari, so not publishedHITexas: #1,043 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 9,787 boysTXFlorida: #707 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 5,088 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Georgia#435 · 1 in 2,334
  2. North Carolina#463 · 1 in 2,701
  3. Alabama#514 · 1 in 2,859
  4. Missouri#524 · 1 in 3,060
  5. Mississippi#538 · 1 in 2,667

Best ever in a state: #195 in District of Columbia, 1972.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Georgia#435231 in 2,334
North Carolina#463191 in 2,701
Alabama#51481 in 2,859
Missouri#524101 in 3,060
Mississippi#53851 in 2,667
Virginia#65791 in 4,528
Tennessee#68181 in 4,534
Florida#707191 in 5,088
Ohio#788101 in 5,836
Michigan#80881 in 5,803
New Jersey#86761 in 6,809
New York#931131 in 7,504
Texas#1,043181 in 9,787
Illinois#1,18061 in 10,322
California#1,434121 in 17,976
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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
  • 305 spots since 2024 (#1,224 → #1,529)
  • 852 spots since 2020 (#677 → #1,529)
  • 6 spots since 2015 (#1,523 → #1,529)
  • Biggest jump: 336 spots in 1994 (#1,185 → #849)
  • Biggest drop: 397 spots in 2024 (#827 → #1,224)
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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s285#1,163 (1972)#1,736
1980s100#2,898 (1981)#4,090
1990s958#849 (1994)#1,338
2000s576#1,429 (2001)#2,178
2010s1,248#789 (2019)#1,843
2020s1,599#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.

Khari in 2017

girls
#1,373
168 births · 1 in 10,277 girls
boys
#965
215 births · 1 in 8,609 boys

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #1,373Khari168

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #965Khari215
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 10,277 of them was named Khari, which outranked 92.6% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Khari
  1. #1,364Lorena169
  2. #1,364Winifred169
  3. #1,364Yaritza169
  4. #1,373Khari168
  5. #1,373Jazmyn168
  6. #1,373Katerina168
  7. #1,373Naima168
  8. #1,379Aida167
  9. #1,379Andie167
  10. #1,379Indigo167

Tied with 5 names at #1,373; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,443Ensley#2,412 → #969
  2. ↑ 1,020Oaklynn#1,908 → #888
  3. ↑ 842Dream#1,667 → #825
  4. ↑ 749Oaklyn#1,425 → #676
  5. ↑ 717Melania#1,649 → #932
Fallers
  1. ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
  2. ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
  3. ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
  4. ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
  5. ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154

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

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 8,609 of them was named Khari, which outranked 93.2% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Khari
  1. #961Kyng216
  2. #961Vaughn216
  3. #961Zahir216
  4. #965Khari215
  5. #965Gatlin215
  6. #965Reign215
  7. #968Ira214
  8. #968Javon214
  9. #968Louie214

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 497Wells#1,413 → #916
  2. ↑ 419Kairo#1,221 → #802
  3. ↑ 339Caspian#1,199 → #860
  4. ↑ 313Colson#1,049 → #736
  5. ↑ 311Kace#1,183 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 415Riaan#861 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 292Chevy#980 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 245Kylo#904 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 226Braeden#993 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 194Kamdyn#809 → #1,003

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

See the top 100 for 2017 →