Kahri
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- KAR-ee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Kahri is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
Where does Kahri come from?
Modern: variant of Khari or Kari
Is Kahri a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Kahri has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Kahri in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Kahri, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989. 5 girls were also named Kahri in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Kahri in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 141 boys in the US were given Kahri or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,214, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Kahri in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
Names like Kahri
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Krishiv, Kamazi, Kavi, Navi, Nekhi, Santi, Avyaan, Khaza, Kasai, Jasani, Javi, Kahari
Other spellings of Kahri
Names related to Kahri
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kahri: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kahri, updated 20 October 2026.