Jabari

#1,188 for boys in 2025, 172 births

Peak · boys
2006 · 393 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,768
since 1971

Jabari over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jabari has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #608, 2006boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,188172
2024#1,019219
2023#921250
2022#1,084201
2021#933242
2020#942234
2019#908242
2018#849261
2017#940222
2016#911236
2015#947220
2014#1,133168
2013#1,043184
2012#916226
2011#919219
2010#865243
2009#866243
2008#769289
2007#625391
2006#608393
2005#624355
2004#618346
2003#620334
2002#703254
2001#784215
2000#845189
1999#844179
1998#916156
1997#793186
1996#825174
1995#837165
1994#768188
1993#701219
1992#736197
1991#826157
1990#907129
1989#898127
1988#1,00394
1987#1,04783
1986#1,06776
1985#99883
1984#1,01277
1983#94986
1982#1,00681
1981#93891
1980#93891
1979#821112
1978#854101
1977#92884
1976#92182
1975#97071
1974#91479
1973#1,31240
1972#3,9637
1971#4,9075
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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five boys were named Jabari! It came in at #4,907, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1971–1972, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.

Where Jabari is popular in 1978

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedMNIllinois: #486 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 6,107 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedWIMichigan: #538 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 9,178 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #690 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 10,558 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedMSAlabama: #473 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,160 boysALGeorgia: #610 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,552 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Jabari, so not publishedHITexas: #815 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 12,791 boysTXFlorida: #438 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 4,251 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Florida#438 · 1 in 4,251
  2. Alabama#473 · 1 in 5,160
  3. Illinois#486 · 1 in 6,107
  4. Michigan#538 · 1 in 9,178
  5. Georgia#610 · 1 in 7,552

Best ever in a state: #132 in District of Columbia, 2006.

Show every state
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Florida#438121 in 4,251
Alabama#47351 in 5,160
Illinois#486131 in 6,107
Michigan#53871 in 9,178
Georgia#61051 in 7,552
California#690161 in 10,558
Texas#81591 in 12,791
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See more about Jabari
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 169 spots since 2024 (#1,019 → #1,188)
  • 246 spots since 2020 (#942 → #1,188)
  • 241 spots since 2015 (#947 → #1,188)
  • Biggest jump: 398 spots in 1974 (#1,312 → #914)
  • Biggest drop: 151 spots in 2022 (#933 → #1,084)
Rise & fade · boys
35 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 2006 at #608 (393 births)
  • Births halved by 2013, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 42 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1989–2012
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,230
  • Highest: 1 in 5,230 boys born in 2006 were named Jabari (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,931 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 30.8% of all boys named Jabari (3,009) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s581#821 (1979)#1,732
1980s889#898 (1989)#986
1990s1,750#701 (1993)#815
2000s3,009#608 (2006)#706
2010s2,221#849 (2018)#943
2020s1,318#921 (2023)#1,015

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.

Jabari in 1978

boys
#854
101 births · 1 in 16,256 boys

Top boys' names in 1978

  1. #1Michael67,127
  2. #2Jason51,600
  3. #3Christopher47,236
  4. #4David40,684
  5. #5James39,894
  6. #6Matthew34,282
  7. #7John34,014
  8. #8Robert33,374
  9. #9Brian29,432
  10. #10Joseph26,663
  11. #854Jabari101
More about 1978

boys

1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 16,256 of them was named Jabari, which outranked 87.4% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jabari
  1. #847Jered102
  2. #847Shea102
  3. #847Zackery102
  4. #854Jabari101
  5. #854Derik101
  6. #854Dominique101
  7. #854Homer101
  8. #860Chuck100
  9. #860Harrison100
  10. #860Jereme100

Tied with 5 names at #854; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,237Dequan#4,164 → #927
  2. ↑ 626Nicholaus#1,367 → #741
  3. ↑ 617Nicklaus#1,515 → #898
  4. ↑ 578Zebulon#1,476 → #898
  5. ↑ 424Anwar#1,121 → #697
Fallers
  1. ↓ 674Kinte#834 → #1,508
  2. ↓ 668Kunta#572 → #1,240
  3. ↓ 417Telly#732 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 415Lesley#937 → #1,352
  5. ↓ 310Amin#904 → #1,214

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

See the top 100 for 1978 →