Feminine dossier · first seen 1941

Cari

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Cari
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.1% from peak

Peak era

1976

Peak rank proxy

541

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1941Peak 19762024

Peak year

1976

Decline from peak

96.1%

2024

All-time

12,747

Cari once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1976, when 541 girls were named Cari.

In 2024, only 21 girls were given the name.

Down 96.1% from its peak.

All told, about 12,747 Americans have been named Cari and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1941.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.1% from peak

1976541 girls named Cari

202421 girls named Cari

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