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Kumari

UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

A young girl, one from ten to twelve years old, maiden, daughter

Kumari has been given to 158 babies in the U.S. since 1978. 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 2007, with 12 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 77% girls, 23% boys all-time.

Babies named Kumari, 2018

1 in 703,000

Kumari over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Kumari over time

In 2019, Kumari went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19782019

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.

Kumari: meaning, origin, and history

A young girl, one from ten to twelve years old, maiden, daughter

Sanskrit

What Kumari means

Kumari means “a young girl, one from ten to twelve years old, maiden, daughter”, associated with kumārī.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Sanskrit कुमारी (kumārī, “a young girl, one from ten to twelve years old, maiden, daughter”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Kumari (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Kumari is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

Kumari comes through Sanskrit कुमारी.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 122 girls were recorded with the name Kumari between 1978 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2007; its best national rank was #9,099 in 1978.

In the United States, 36 boys were recorded with the name Kumari between 2006 and 2019. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2006; its best national rank was #9,210 in 2006.

How common is Kumari?

Kumari had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2018, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2018
1 in 703,000
5 of 3,516,853 births
Among girls only
1 in 340,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2018
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
487,541 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kumari 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 2018 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 487,541 children born in 2018 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kumari. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kumaris were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kumari was born before 2008 — so the typical Kumari is around 17 today.

Median birth year
2008
About 17 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
48.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
95.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
122
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 48.4% of all recorded uses (59).

Is Kumari 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 2007 (12)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
45.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#9,099
1978

Spellings of Kumari

Kumari is not the most common spelling — Kari is, with 45.5% against Kumari's 0.09%.

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.

Kumari around the world

Where Kumari 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
    2000–2002
    #4,137
    in 2002
  • South Australia
    1972–1983
    #686
    in 1983

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Kumari 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
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Best rank ever
#9,099
1978
Peak year
2007
12 that year
First recorded
1978
Last recorded
2018
All-time count
122
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#9,210
2006
Peak year
2006
8 that year
First recorded
2006
Last recorded
2019
All-time count
36
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Kumari

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

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Sibling names for Kumari

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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