# Khari (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/khari/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,720 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,766 / 1,954 (29% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 273, 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 | 21 | 6,248 |
| 2012 | 34 | 4,340 |
| 2013 | 28 | 4,960 |
| 2014 | 36 | 4,148 |
| 2015 | 41 | 3,736 |
| 2016 | 81 | 2,334 |
| 2017 | 168 | 1,375 |
| 2018 | 180 | 1,276 |
| 2019 | 231 | 1,084 |
| 2020 | 174 | 1,284 |
| 2021 | 156 | 1,402 |
| 2022 | 177 | 1,332 |
| 2023 | 130 | 1,608 |
| 2024 | 77 | 2,376 |
| 2025 | 54 | 3,051 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 48 | 2,569 |
| 2012 | 50 | 2,506 |
| 2013 | 39 | 2,927 |
| 2014 | 74 | 1,950 |
| 2015 | 108 | 1,525 |
| 2016 | 169 | 1,144 |
| 2017 | 215 | 966 |
| 2018 | 217 | 956 |
| 2019 | 293 | 789 |
| 2020 | 380 | 677 |
| 2021 | 331 | 757 |
| 2022 | 315 | 798 |
| 2023 | 296 | 829 |
| 2024 | 164 | 1,226 |
| 2025 | 113 | 1,532 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,319 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,175 |
| 2017 | 18 | 1,398 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2019 | 15 | 1,587 |
| 2020 | 22 | 1,192 |
| 2021 | 25 | 1,117 |
| 2022 | 33 | 925 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2024 | 18 | 1,460 |
| 2025 | 20 | 1,359 |

## People named Khari

- Dave Chappelle, American comedian and actor (born 1973)
- Takeoff, American rapper (1994–2022)

## 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.