Given name & surname
Kaari
Kaari is a surname from Old Swedish. It is used in Finnish.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kaari through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 304
- 0 boys · 304 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 34 babies
- 2025
- 22
- #5,632 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +11%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 22 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,632 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 11.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 34 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 278 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
People named Kaari
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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