Kahari vs Kahlil
American parents have registered 4,288 Kahlils since 1880, against 1,067 Kaharis. But in 2025 it was Kahari that was commoner, 102 babies to 50.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Kahari Kahlil
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 59 years in which either name was published, Kahlil for 55 years and Kahari for 4 years. The lead changed hands once.
Side by side
| Kahari | Kahlil | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,067 | 4,288 |
| Most in one year | 121 | 268 |
| Babies in 2025 | 102 | 50 |
| Estimated living today | 1,100 | 4,200 |
| Median age today | 5 | 22 |
| Peak year | 2023 | 1995 |
| Best rank | 1,576th boys | 629th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 1,976th | 2,604th |
| First recorded | 1990 | 1967 |
| Girls / boys | 106 / 961 | 5 / 4,283 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Kahlils alive today are over 22; half the Kaharis are over 5. That is 17 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Kahari Illinois (6.8×), Georgia (4.7×), North Carolina (4.4×)
- Kahlil Maryland (4.1×), Georgia (2.8×), Virginia (2.6×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Kahari and Kahlil.