Kaori
Kaori was the 1970th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 98 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1902nd with 106 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,238 places. More babies were named Kaori in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,970 girls, up 1,392 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 98girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2022106 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,482babies recorded
Kaori popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 73 since 2003, 5 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,970 | 98 |
| 2020 | #3,362 | 46 |
| 2010 | #3,779 | 41 |
| 2000 | #7,790 | 13 |
| 1990 | #5,162 | 18 |
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How popular is Kaori, counting every spelling?
Kaori is the most common spelling of a name family that had 98 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 98 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaori | 98 | #1,970 | 477 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Kaori?
98 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kaori (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Kaori born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 85 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kaori.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kaori?
About 1,400 people born in the US named Kaori are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 4 and 20. That makes Kaori a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Kaori by state
How common Kaori was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Georgia (3.7×). In 40 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kaori: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kaori, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kaori
How popular is the name Kaori?
Kaori was the 1970th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 98 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1902nd with 106 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,238 places. More babies were named Kaori in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Kaori a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Kaori in the US.
Where is Kaori most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kaori was most common in Georgia (0.22 per 1,000 girls), followed by Louisiana and Pennsylvania.