Karri
Girl · KAIR-ee · Germanic
Karri is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Karri mean?
Germanic: spelling of Carrie, from Caroline
“free man”
A spelling of Carrie, a pet form of Caroline, the feminine form of Charles.
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Is Karri a girl's or a boy's name?
Karri is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Karri in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Karri, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 1976, with 202 girls. It first appears in the records in 1953. 6 boys were also named Karri in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Karri in the US since 1880 were born between 1969 and 1983, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 261 girls in the US were given Karri or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #906, up from #10,913 for this spelling alone.
Karri in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 31 | #3,564 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,513 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,011 |
| 1993 | 36 | #3,153 |
| 1992 | 47 | #2,607 |
| 1991 | 59 | #2,209 |
| 1990 | 62 | #2,096 |
| 1989 | 66 | #1,938 |
| 1988 | 61 | #1,964 |
| 1987 | 63 | #1,837 |
| 1986 | 69 | #1,690 |
| 1985 | 97 | #1,349 |
| 1984 | 86 | #1,368 |
| 1983 | 102 | #1,237 |
| 1982 | 136 | #1,058 |
| 1981 | 122 | #1,128 |
| 1980 | 108 | #1,216 |
| 1979 | 125 | #1,095 |
| 1978 | 137 | #995 |
| 1977 | 197 | #764 |
| 1976 | 202 | #723 |
| 1975 | 186 | #761 |
| 1974 | 146 | #882 |
| 1973 | 184 | #752 |
| 1972 | 161 | #823 |
| 1971 | 198 | #747 |
| 1970 | 156 | #860 |
| 1969 | 177 | #757 |
| 1968 | 159 | #794 |
| 1967 | 123 | #923 |
| 1966 | 96 | #1,072 |
| 1965 | 85 | #1,156 |
| 1964 | 118 | #977 |
| 1963 | 108 | #1,026 |
| 1962 | 100 | #1,081 |
| 1961 | 99 | #1,101 |
| 1960 | 73 | #1,285 |
| 1959 | 57 | #1,416 |
| 1958 | 47 | #1,556 |
| 1957 | 22 | #2,415 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,928 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
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