Amari

#380 for girls in 2025, 804 births · #185 for boys in 2025, 2,000 births
Given to boys 60.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
2023 · 2,422 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
31,994
since 1974

Amari over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202025girlsat peakboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#380804#1852,000
2024#2961,070#1722,164
2023#3061,005#1512,422
2022#3191,009#1742,179
2021#333985#2001,920
2020#329940#2171,742
2019#3101,042#2391,596
2018#380818#2691,323
2017#425749#2751,323
2016#459700#2691,363
2015#470680#2671,366
2014#524589#338985
2013#512581#337955
2012#486633#3081,075
2011#513572#3061,056
2010#462662#3181,005
2009#487632#2991,088
2008#388830#343951
2007#480673#360879
2006#518585#419684
2005#483633#410666
2004#441696#407638
2003#390784#419613
2002#430677#472505
2001#464599#631300
2000#512519#682260
1999#601405#715230
1998#513495#679251
1997#674322#914149
1996#890222#1,29285
1995#1,73084#1,91444
1994#1,95272#1,92743
1993#2,48950#3,04222
1992#2,61247#3,10521
1991#2,66045#3,32518
1990#5,06018#3,97114
1989#5,28616#6,2297
1988#7,11110#3,91512
1987#6,78810—
1986#7,1349#5,3327
1985#10,6775#4,05210
1984#9,1446—
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1981—#5,4686
1980#10,3925#5,5256
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1975—#5,4645
1974—#4,6346
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First appearance
1974

The first year at least five boys were named Amari! It came in at #4,634, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1975–1979, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Amari is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Amari, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Amari, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Amari, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Amari, so not publishedNHWashington: #321 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,426 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Amari, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Amari, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Amari, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #275 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,114 boysMNIllinois: #174 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 729 boysILWisconsin: #217 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 837 boysWIMichigan: #185 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 718 boysMINew York: #188 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 796 boysNYMassachusetts: #166 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 676 boysMARhode Island: #140 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 391 boysRIOregon: #170 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 627 boysORNevada: #160 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 594 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Amari, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #257 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 769 boysSDIowa: #246 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 864 boysIAIndiana: #172 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 646 boysINOhio: #167 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 657 boysOHPennsylvania: #154 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 622 boysPANew Jersey: #162 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 641 boysNJConnecticut: #141 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 508 boysCTCalifornia: #209 for boys · 180 births · 1 in 975 boysCAUtah: #351 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,513 boysUTColorado: #210 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 866 boysCONebraska: #377 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,470 boysNEMissouri: #238 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 927 boysMOKentucky: #281 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,081 boysKYWest Virginia: #254 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 880 boysWVVirginia: #117 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 517 boysVAMaryland: #97 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 395 boysMDDelaware: #39 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 155 boysDEArizona: #179 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 682 boysAZNew Mexico: #213 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 722 boysNMKansas: #196 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 702 boysKSArkansas: #151 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 524 boysARTennessee: #185 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 735 boysTNNorth Carolina: #158 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 635 boysNCSouth Carolina: #143 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 544 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #60 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 194 boysDCOklahoma: #232 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 884 boysOKLouisiana: #181 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 683 boysLAMississippi: #97 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 374 boysMSAlabama: #131 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 512 boysALGeorgia: #117 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 512 boysGAHawaii: #214 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 584 boysHITexas: #226 for boys · 174 births · 1 in 1,006 boysTXFlorida: #144 for boys · 150 births · 1 in 637 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Delaware#39 · 1 in 155
  2. District of Columbia#60 · 1 in 194
  3. Mississippi#97 · 1 in 374
  4. Maryland#97 · 1 in 395
  5. Georgia#117 · 1 in 512

Best ever in a state: #28 in Delaware, 2023.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Delaware#39191 in 155
District of Columbia#60131 in 194
Maryland#97581 in 395
Mississippi#97291 in 374
Georgia#117981 in 512
Virginia#117721 in 517
Alabama#131421 in 512
Rhode Island#14081 in 391
Connecticut#141261 in 508
South Carolina#143391 in 544
Florida#1441501 in 637
Arkansas#151241 in 524
Pennsylvania#154841 in 622
North Carolina#158811 in 635
Nevada#160191 in 594
New Jersey#162621 in 641
Massachusetts#166401 in 676
Ohio#167801 in 657
Oregon#170241 in 627
Indiana#172491 in 646
Illinois#174681 in 729
Arizona#179481 in 682
Louisiana#181281 in 683
Michigan#185561 in 718
Tennessee#185501 in 735
New York#1881061 in 796
Kansas#196201 in 702
California#2091801 in 975
Colorado#210311 in 866
New Mexico#21391 in 722
Hawaii#21451 in 584
Wisconsin#217281 in 837
Texas#2261741 in 1,006
Oklahoma#232201 in 884
Missouri#238301 in 927
Iowa#246161 in 864
West Virginia#25471 in 880
South Dakota#25751 in 769
Minnesota#275221 in 1,114
Kentucky#281191 in 1,081
Washington#321231 in 1,426
Utah#351131 in 1,513
Nebraska#37761 in 1,470
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Amari
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 13 spots since 2024 (#172 → #185)
  • 32 spots since 2020 (#217 → #185)
  • 82 spots since 2015 (#267 → #185)
  • Biggest jump: 378 spots in 1997 (#1,292 → #914)
  • Biggest drop: 36 spots in 1999 (#679 → #715)
Rise & fade · boys
49 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1974
  • Peaked 2023 at #151 (2,422 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 29 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1997–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 706
  • Highest: 1 in 706 boys born in 2023 were named Amari (0.14%)
  • Latest: 1 in 854 boys born in 2025 (0.12%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 38.8% of all boys named Amari (12,427) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2005
  • Mostly girls until 2004, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s11#4,634 (1974)#5,049
1980s48#3,915 (1988)#5,087
1990s877#679 (1998)#2,088
2000s6,584#299 (2009)#444
2010s12,047#239 (2019)#293
2020s12,427#151 (2023)#183

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Amari in 2025

girls
#380
804 births · 1 in 1,999 girls
boys
#185
2,000 births · 1 in 854 boys

Top girls' names in 2025

  1. #1Olivia13,544
  2. #2Charlotte13,400
  3. #3Emma12,754
  4. #4Amelia12,699
  5. #5Sophia12,561
  6. #6Mia11,078
  7. #7Isabella10,666
  8. #8Evelyn9,123
  9. #9Sofia8,252
  10. #10Eliana8,191
  11. #380Amari804

Top boys' names in 2025

  1. #1Liam20,818
  2. #2Noah20,358
  3. #3Oliver14,939
  4. #4Theodore13,355
  5. #5Henry12,020
  6. #6James11,945
  7. #7Elijah11,111
  8. #8Mateo11,045
  9. #9William10,545
  10. #10Lucas10,219
  11. #185Amari2,000
More about 2025

girls

1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 1,999 of them was named Amari, which outranked 97.8% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).

Ranked beside Amari
  1. #377Vanessa813
  2. #378Ivory810
  3. #379Laura805
  4. #380Amari804
  5. #380Demi804
  6. #382Giselle803
  7. #382Nicole803
  8. #384Blaire802

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2024
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,390Klarity#2,178 → #788
  2. ↑ 1,211Rynlee#1,966 → #755
  3. ↑ 963Ailanny#1,895 → #932
  4. ↑ 928Naylani#1,823 → #895
  5. ↑ 861Madisson#1,180 → #319
Fallers
  1. ↓ 353Aubrie#999 → #1,352
  2. ↓ 307Cattleya#904 → #1,211
  3. ↓ 272Jaycee#878 → #1,150
  4. ↓ 248Zendaya#938 → #1,186
  5. ↓ 233Novalee#742 → #975

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,708,076 boys got a published name in 2025; 1 in 854 of them was named Amari, which outranked 98.7% of the 13,930 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880).

Ranked beside Amari
  1. #182Cole2,003
  2. #182Ryker2,003
  3. #184Jesse2,002
  4. #185Amari2,000
  5. #186Aziel1,975
  6. #187Peter1,954
  7. #188Rhett1,936
Biggest movers since 2024
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,096Kasai#1,735 → #639
  2. ↑ 1,089Akari#1,631 → #542
  3. ↑ 787Eziah#1,397 → #610
  4. ↑ 772Jasai#1,211 → #439
  5. ↑ 648Neithan#1,371 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 265Karim#819 → #1,084
  2. ↓ 235Khaza#961 → #1,196
  3. ↓ 231Landen#813 → #1,044
  4. ↓ 229Khai#947 → #1,176
  5. ↓ 227Seven#891 → #1,118

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2025 →