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Kadri

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

English equivalent of Catherine

Kadri has been given to 34 babies in the U.S. since 2016. 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 2016, with 8 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 71% boys, 29% girls all-time.

Babies named Kadri, 2020

1 in 668,000

Kadri over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Kadri over time

In 2021, Kadri went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

20112021

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Kadri: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Catherine

Arabic

What Kadri means

Kadri is a English equivalent of Catherine.

Origin, language, and formation

Kadri is used in Albanian, Estonian and Turkish. Its origins include Arabic.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Catherine.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 24 boys were recorded with the name Kadri between 2016 and 2020. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2016; its best national rank was #9,260 in 2016.

In the United States, 10 girls were recorded with the name Kadri between 2011 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2011; its best national rank was #16,380 in 2021.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kadri?

Kadri had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2020, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2020
1 in 668,000
5 of 3,342,313 births
Among boys only
1 in 345,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2020
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
463,344 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kadri sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2020 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 463,344 children born in 2020 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kadri. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kadris were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kadri was born before 2017 — so the typical Kadri is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
79.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
24
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 79.2% of all recorded uses (19).

Is Kadri 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
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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 2016 (8)
Years since peak
9
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
28.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#9,260
2016

Spellings of Kadri

Kadri is not the most common spelling — Karl is, with 28.5% against Kadri's <0.01%.

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.

Kadri around the world

Where Kadri ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2022–2022
    #4,790
    in 2022
  • France
    2016–2016
    #6,573
    in 2016
  • South Australia
    1977–1983
    #443
    in 1983

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Kadri by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#9,260
2016
Peak year
2016
8 that year
First recorded
2016
Last recorded
2020
All-time count
24
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#16,380
2021
Peak year
2011
5 that year
First recorded
2011
Last recorded
2021
All-time count
10
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Kadri

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

EndriKaderKadeshKadariKadoKadafiLandriKadeinKadynnKadisPedriKadennKadeynKadellKadrienKadelKadeanKadanKadianKadanceAndriKadirKadarQuadri

Sibling names for Kadri

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

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