Jakari
- #14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- #612 for boys in 2025, 462 births
- Given to boys 94.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 462 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,312since 1979
Jakari over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | #612 | 462 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | #647 | 429 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 | #680 | 399 |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | #709 | 372 |
| 2021 | #6,967 | 16 | #814 | 298 |
| 2020 | #6,325 | 18 | #882 | 256 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | #908 | 242 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | #1,090 | 181 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | #1,104 | 176 |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | #1,208 | 156 |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 | #1,297 | 137 |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 | #1,436 | 115 |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | #1,387 | 121 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | #1,336 | 127 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | #1,173 | 151 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #1,214 | 146 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #1,331 | 130 |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 | #1,192 | 148 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | #1,323 | 129 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | #1,294 | 128 |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | #1,162 | 137 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #1,231 | 123 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #1,438 | 91 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #1,433 | 90 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #1,429 | 87 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #1,541 | 78 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #1,655 | 64 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #1,719 | 59 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #1,991 | 45 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #2,218 | 37 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #2,762 | 26 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #2,766 | 26 |
| 1993 | — | #2,091 | 38 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,872 | 11 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,828 | 23 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,779 | 15 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,521 | 13 | |
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| 1983 | — | #3,884 | 10 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,593 | 8 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
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| 1979 | — | #4,068 | 9 | |
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First appearance
1979
The first year at least five boys were named Jakari! It came in at #4,068, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1980, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Jakari is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Mississippi#201 · 1 in 722
- South Carolina#243 · 1 in 922
- Georgia#293 · 1 in 1,196
- North Carolina#295 · 1 in 1,225
- Arkansas#305 · 1 in 1,144
Best ever in a state: #166 in Mississippi, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #201 | 15 | 1 in 722 |
| South Carolina | #243 | 23 | 1 in 922 |
| Georgia | #293 | 42 | 1 in 1,196 |
| North Carolina | #295 | 42 | 1 in 1,225 |
| Arkansas | #305 | 11 | 1 in 1,144 |
| Alabama | #315 | 17 | 1 in 1,266 |
| Louisiana | #337 | 15 | 1 in 1,275 |
| Indiana | #431 | 16 | 1 in 1,979 |
| Ohio | #470 | 22 | 1 in 2,388 |
| Maryland | #475 | 10 | 1 in 2,290 |
| Kentucky | #485 | 9 | 1 in 2,282 |
| Michigan | #487 | 17 | 1 in 2,364 |
| Virginia | #497 | 15 | 1 in 2,484 |
| Tennessee | #499 | 15 | 1 in 2,451 |
| Florida | #557 | 31 | 1 in 3,082 |
| Wisconsin | #570 | 8 | 1 in 2,929 |
| Missouri | #597 | 9 | 1 in 3,090 |
| Oklahoma | #621 | 6 | 1 in 2,947 |
| Illinois | #632 | 14 | 1 in 3,539 |
| New York | #639 | 23 | 1 in 3,671 |
| Texas | #684 | 42 | 1 in 4,168 |
| Pennsylvania | #742 | 11 | 1 in 4,751 |
| Arizona | #781 | 7 | 1 in 4,675 |
| New Jersey | #829 | 7 | 1 in 5,681 |
| Colorado | #849 | 5 | 1 in 5,370 |
| California | #2,203 | 6 | 1 in 29,246 |
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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 Jakari
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 270 spots since 2020 (#882 → #612)
- Biggest jump: 182 spots in 2019
Rise & fade · boys
46 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1979
- Peaked 2025 at #612 (462 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2019–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,697
- Highest: 1 in 3,697 boys born in 2025 were named Jakari (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 41.7% of all boys named Jakari (2,216) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 9 | #4,068 (1979) | #4,068 |
| 1980s | 50 | #3,521 (1987) | #5,054 |
| 1990s | 344 | #1,655 (1999) | #2,668 |
| 2000s | 1,141 | #1,162 (2005) | #1,337 |
| 2010s | 1,552 | #908 (2019) | #1,215 |
| 2020s | 2,216 | #612 (2025) | #724 |
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.
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