Cari comes from the Latin / Welsh tradition, meaning Charity, love / love, beloved.
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How popular is Cari?
1976peak year
The name Cari reached its peak in 1976, with 541 registrations (ranked #380). It first surfaced in U.S. records in 1941, roughly 35 years before its peak. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #4979) today, averaging about 33 new babies per year. Cari's usage has held roughly steady recently. Across all years on record, approximately 12,854 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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