Cardi

Girls' name

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

Cardi has been given to 27 babies in the U.S. since 2018. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2020, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Cardi, 2021

1 in 678,000

Cardi over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Cardi: meaning, origin, and history

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

coinages

What Cardi means

Cardi is a modern given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Cardi is used in English. Its origins include coinages.

Cardi is a modern formation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 27 girls were recorded with the name Cardi between 2018 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2020; its best national rank was #10,428 in 2020.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Cardi?

Cardi had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2021, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2021: 1 in 678,000; 5 of 3,389,958 births
Among girls only: 1 in 328,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2021: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 469,949 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Cardi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2021 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 469,949 children born in 2021 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Cardi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Cardis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Cardi was born before 2020 — so the typical Cardi is around 5 today.

Median birth year: 2020; About 5 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 51.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 27; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 51.9% of all recorded uses (14).

Is Cardi rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2020 (9)
Years since peak: 5; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 29.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #10,428; 2020

Spellings of Cardi

Cardi is not the most common spelling — Carol is, with 44.0% against Cardi's <0.01%.

Carol44.0%816,928
Carrie14.4%266,350
Carla8.1%150,390
Carly3.6%66,466
Kari3.2%59,696
Cara2.9%53,305
Randi1.6%29,663
Candy1.5%28,525

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Cardi by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #10,428; 2020
Peak year: 2020; 9 that year
First recorded: 2018
Last recorded: 2021
All-time count: 27
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Cardi

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Carmi Caril Birdi Carmila Carre Caragh Carryl Caryol Carel Carlan Carice Cardin Carver Carye Caral Carnie Caroyl Carryn Carris Carmya Carden Carlo Carmia Caryss

Sibling names for Cardi

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Dior Kamiyah Haisley Harmoni Melani Lianna Denisse Remy

For a brother

Kannon Kaison Santana Keanu Henri Joziah Ishaan Rian

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