Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Kawhi isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2013. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kawhi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 400
- 400 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 70 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #6,280 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −52%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,280 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 52.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 70 in 2019.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
People named Kawhi
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Kawhi, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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