Kahari vs Kahlan
American parents have registered 1,569 Kahlans since 1880, against 1,067 Kaharis. But in 2025 it was Kahari that was commoner, 102 babies to 20.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Kahari Kahlan
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 34 years in which either name was published, Kahlan for 21 years and Kahari for 13 years. The lead changed hands 4 times.
Side by side
| Kahari | Kahlan | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,067 | 1,569 |
| Most in one year | 121 | 160 |
| Babies in 2025 | 102 | 20 |
| Estimated living today | 1,100 | 1,600 |
| Median age today | 5 | 14 |
| Peak year | 2023 | 2010 |
| Best rank | 1,576th boys | 1,456th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 1,976th | 9,457th |
| First recorded | 1990 | 1995 |
| Girls / boys | 106 / 961 | 1,484 / 85 |
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 Kahlans alive today are over 14; half the Kaharis are over 5. That is 9 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×)
- Kahlan Florida (2.7×), Texas (2.5×), Virginia (2.1×)
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 Kahlan.