Cari

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Cari: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Cari: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #919 in 2007, and it stood at #2,253 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#919highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1434
1997	#1126
1998	#1259
1999	#1160
2000	#1594
2001	#1359
2002	#1066
2003	#1843
2004	#1252
2005	#1082
2006	#1243
2007	#919
2008	#972
2009	#1105
2010	#1218
2011	#1665
2012	#1297
2013	#1774
2014	#1702
2015	#1711
2016	#2367
2017	#1817
2018	#1887
2019	#2170
2020	#1939
2021	#2341
2022	#2178
2023	#1705
2024	#2253

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1434 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #919 among girls in England and Wales, in 2007 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2253 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Cari by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Cari in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	61	4 of 10	15
2000sbusiest	210	10 of 10	21
2010s	172	10 of 10	17
2020s	66	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 21 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Cari appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #919 in England and Wales in 2007.

Cari's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2253	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1705	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2178	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1939	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2170	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1887	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1817	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1702	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1297	25	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1665	17	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1218	26	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1105	28	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#972	32	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#919	33	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1243	21	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1082	23	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1252	18	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1843	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1066	20	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1359	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1594	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1160	17	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1259	15	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1126	17	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1434	12	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #919, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 33 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,253position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
33births registered in its largest year, 200725 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Carina · #60, 67y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Daya · #918, 27y
Eboni · #920, 24y
Ellia · #920, 28y
Scarlette · #920, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Daya · #918, 27y
Eboni · #920, 24y
Ellia · #920, 28y
Inayat · #918, 20y

Cari was ranked #919 in England and Wales · Girls in 2007. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Cari and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Cari without appearing here.

Cari moved ahead of

Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1817 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1887 and #4684.
Denise Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2170 and #2040 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1939 and #4535.
Pauline Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1843 and #1269 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1252 and #2802.
Sinead Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1705 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2253 and #3695.

Moved ahead of Cari

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1939 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2341 and #1286.
Mila Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1066 and #1442 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1843 and #799.
Mina Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1066 and #1192 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1843 and #818.
Maja Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1066 and #1245 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1843 and #933.

Moved the opposite way to Cari

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cari went from #1434 to #2253 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cari went from #1434 to #2253 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cari went from #1434 to #2253 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cari went from #1434 to #2253 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Cari

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cari went from #1434 to #2253 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cari went from #1434 to #2253 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cari went from #1434 to #2253 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cari went from #1434 to #2253 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #919 in England and Wales in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Cari

Cari at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cari by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Cari appears in

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Cari at a glance

Cari by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Cari appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Cari moved ahead of

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