Kiari
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- kee-AR-ee
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,880 for girls
Unisex
Kiari is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 1,880th for girls in the US (104 babies).
Where does Kiari come from?
Modern: recent American coinage of uncertain source
Is Kiari a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Kiari has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 4 boys in the UK and 104 girls and 29 boys in the US.
How popular is Kiari in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Kiari, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 10 boys. 3 girls were also named Kiari in 2025 (5,990th for girls).
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Kiari in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
How popular is Kiari in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,880among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 104about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 104 girls in the US were named Kiari, making it the 1,880th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,549th. It first appears in the records in 1989. 29 boys were also named Kiari in 2025 (3,756th for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Kiari of any year since it first appeared, in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Kiari in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 190 girls in the US were given Kiari or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,085, up from #1,880 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 78% of the babies named Kiari in the US were girls.
Kiari in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 104 | #1,880 |
| 2024 | 76 | #2,389 |
| 2023 | 103 | #1,922 |
| 2022 | 84 | #2,228 |
| 2021 | 97 | #1,991 |
| 2020 | 67 | #2,549 |
| 2019 | 78 | #2,305 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,917 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
Names like Kiari
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Kairo Cassian Finn Ruairi Cillian Bodhi Ronan Renley Lochlan Kyro Kian
Other spellings of Kiari
Names related to Kiari
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Kiari: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kiari, updated 20 October 2026.