Jamari
- #6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births
- #576 for boys in 2025, 509 births
- Given to boys 94.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2010 · 741 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 15,240since 1979
Jamari 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 | #6,546 | 17 | #576 | 509 |
| 2024 | #6,642 | 17 | #560 | 530 |
| 2023 | #4,565 | 30 | #566 | 516 |
| 2022 | #5,984 | 20 | #507 | 586 |
| 2021 | #6,967 | 16 | #576 | 486 |
| 2020 | #5,314 | 23 | #584 | 474 |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 | #564 | 496 |
| 2018 | #6,010 | 20 | #563 | 489 |
| 2017 | #4,922 | 27 | #557 | 487 |
| 2016 | #5,130 | 26 | #573 | 484 |
| 2015 | #4,725 | 29 | #546 | 523 |
| 2014 | #5,025 | 27 | #575 | 483 |
| 2013 | #4,755 | 29 | #535 | 495 |
| 2012 | #3,915 | 39 | #420 | 677 |
| 2011 | #4,466 | 32 | #441 | 615 |
| 2010 | #3,624 | 43 | #386 | 741 |
| 2009 | #4,013 | 38 | #405 | 732 |
| 2008 | #3,710 | 43 | #389 | 774 |
| 2007 | #3,168 | 54 | #418 | 695 |
| 2006 | #4,358 | 33 | #442 | 616 |
| 2005 | #3,461 | 43 | #423 | 631 |
| 2004 | #4,601 | 29 | #424 | 614 |
| 2003 | #3,187 | 46 | #478 | 519 |
| 2002 | #4,071 | 31 | #566 | 388 |
| 2001 | #3,864 | 33 | #612 | 315 |
| 2000 | #4,527 | 26 | #741 | 230 |
| 1999 | #4,718 | 23 | #855 | 177 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 | #823 | 180 |
| 1997 | #5,228 | 19 | #956 | 140 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #1,025 | 120 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | #1,069 | 110 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | #1,218 | 89 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #1,577 | 57 |
| 1992 | — | #1,659 | 52 | |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #1,919 | 40 |
| 1990 | — | #1,968 | 38 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,784 | 22 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,765 | 20 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,072 | 16 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,882 | 11 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,216 | 14 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,552 | 8 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,411 | 12 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,966 | 10 | |
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
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First appearance
1979
The first year at least five boys were named Jamari! It came in at #4,403, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1980–1981, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Jamari 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#97 · 1 in 374
- Delaware#168 · 1 in 491
- Alabama#173 · 1 in 652
- Maryland#285 · 1 in 1,205
- Tennessee#299 · 1 in 1,268
Best ever in a state: #67 in District of Columbia, 2010.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #97 | 29 | 1 in 374 |
| Delaware | #168 | 6 | 1 in 491 |
| Alabama | #173 | 33 | 1 in 652 |
| Maryland | #285 | 19 | 1 in 1,205 |
| Tennessee | #299 | 29 | 1 in 1,268 |
| South Carolina | #348 | 15 | 1 in 1,413 |
| Louisiana | #353 | 14 | 1 in 1,366 |
| Georgia | #357 | 33 | 1 in 1,522 |
| Nevada | #389 | 7 | 1 in 1,613 |
| Missouri | #419 | 15 | 1 in 1,854 |
| Connecticut | #440 | 6 | 1 in 2,201 |
| Florida | #440 | 43 | 1 in 2,222 |
| Arkansas | #444 | 7 | 1 in 1,798 |
| North Carolina | #485 | 21 | 1 in 2,451 |
| Virginia | #497 | 15 | 1 in 2,484 |
| Pennsylvania | #526 | 18 | 1 in 2,903 |
| Ohio | #541 | 19 | 1 in 2,765 |
| Illinois | #568 | 16 | 1 in 3,097 |
| Iowa | #571 | 5 | 1 in 2,766 |
| Michigan | #571 | 14 | 1 in 2,871 |
| Kentucky | #625 | 6 | 1 in 3,423 |
| Texas | #661 | 45 | 1 in 3,890 |
| Indiana | #668 | 9 | 1 in 3,518 |
| Oklahoma | #698 | 5 | 1 in 3,536 |
| New York | #745 | 19 | 1 in 4,443 |
| Wisconsin | #785 | 5 | 1 in 4,686 |
| Massachusetts | #789 | 5 | 1 in 5,404 |
| Washington | #801 | 7 | 1 in 4,685 |
| New Jersey | #915 | 6 | 1 in 6,628 |
| California | #1,241 | 15 | 1 in 11,698 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 16 spots since 2024 (#560 → #576)
- 8 spots since 2020 (#584 → #576)
- 30 spots since 2015 (#546 → #576)
- Biggest jump: 133 spots in 1998
- Biggest drop: 115 spots in 2013
Rise & fade · boys
31 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1979
- Peaked 2010 at #386 (741 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 2,589
- Highest: 1 in 2,589 boys born in 2010 were named Jamari (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,356 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 36.2% of all boys named Jamari (5,514) 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 | 8 | #4,403 (1979) | #4,403 |
| 1980s | 124 | #2,765 (1988) | #3,944 |
| 1990s | 1,003 | #823 (1998) | #1,307 |
| 2000s | 5,514 | #389 (2008) | #490 |
| 2010s | 5,490 | #386 (2010) | #516 |
| 2020s | 3,101 | #507 (2022) | #562 |
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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