Kaori
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #1,962 for girls
Kaori is a girls' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,962nd for girls in the US (98 babies).
What does Kaori mean?
Japanese
A female given name from Japanese.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Kaori a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaori is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 98 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Kaori in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,962nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 98 about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 98 girls in the US were named Kaori, making it the 1,962nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,338th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 106 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969. 5 boys were also named Kaori in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
Half of all the girls named Kaori in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kaori in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 98 | #1,962 |
| 2024 | 80 | #2,303 |
| 2023 | 100 | #1,965 |
| 2022 | 106 | #1,898 |
| 2021 | 93 | #2,057 |
| 2020 | 46 | #3,338 |
| 2019 | 49 | #3,221 |
| 2018 | 44 | #3,496 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2016 | 39 | #3,849 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 41 | #3,744 |
| 2009 | 61 | #2,851 |
| 2008 | 56 | #3,053 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 53 | #3,135 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,483 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,531 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
Names like Kaori
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiyomi, Yumi, Yuri, Kyomi, Miyori, Kori, Yuna, Rumi, Koi, Tru, Kairi, Suki
Names related to Kaori
More Japanese names
Kobe, Kaizen, Raiden, Ren, Akari, Kenzo, Ronin, Akira, Emi, Miya, Kenji, Reo, Jiraiya, Aizen, Sora, Nami
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, “Kaori: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaori, updated 20 October 2026.