# Cari (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cari/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,870 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 113 / 12,757 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 517, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 30 | 4,707 |
| 2012 | 27 | 5,135 |
| 2013 | 30 | 4,678 |
| 2014 | 21 | 6,028 |
| 2015 | 26 | 5,156 |
| 2016 | 21 | 6,025 |
| 2017 | 27 | 4,950 |
| 2018 | 27 | 4,909 |
| 2019 | 22 | 5,648 |
| 2020 | 30 | 4,468 |
| 2021 | 36 | 4,037 |
| 2022 | 38 | 3,904 |
| 2023 | 27 | 4,895 |
| 2024 | 21 | 5,835 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9,580 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 5 | 4,209 |
| 1972 | 7 | 4,026 |
| 1977 | 5 | 5,965 |
| 1979 | 7 | 4,913 |
| 1981 | 5 | 6,405 |
| 1982 | 5 | 6,501 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,077 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12,599 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12,483 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,322 |
| 2020 | 11 | 7,116 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,429 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,055 |
| 2024 | 5 | 12,653 |
| 2025 | 6 | 10,901 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 1,665 |
| 2012 | 25 | 1,297 |
| 2013 | 16 | 1,774 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,702 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,711 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,367 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,817 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,887 |
| 2019 | 12 | 2,170 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,939 |
| 2021 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2022 | 12 | 2,178 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,705 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2,253 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

## People named Cari

- Cari Read, Canadian synchronized swimmer
- Cari Champion, American television host
- Cari Roccaro, American soccer player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.