Kamari
- #1,139 for girls in 2025, 203 births
- #391 for boys in 2025, 811 births
- Given to boys 68.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 886 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 12,545since 1978
Kamari over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,139 | 203 | #391 | 811 |
| 2024 | #1,070 | 232 | #388 | 841 |
| 2023 | #814 | 343 | #366 | 886 |
| 2022 | #874 | 318 | #368 | 886 |
| 2021 | #819 | 339 | #391 | 812 |
| 2020 | #947 | 270 | #383 | 801 |
| 2019 | #865 | 310 | #464 | 640 |
| 2018 | #1,090 | 230 | #554 | 499 |
| 2017 | #1,016 | 255 | #612 | 431 |
| 2016 | #1,252 | 195 | #655 | 401 |
| 2015 | #1,454 | 158 | #686 | 367 |
| 2014 | #1,291 | 184 | #736 | 325 |
| 2013 | #1,210 | 198 | #730 | 320 |
| 2012 | #1,071 | 233 | #608 | 410 |
| 2011 | #1,059 | 233 | #580 | 432 |
| 2010 | #1,095 | 227 | #539 | 470 |
| 2009 | #936 | 286 | #532 | 501 |
| 2008 | #925 | 296 | #540 | 488 |
| 2007 | #1,064 | 246 | #599 | 420 |
| 2006 | #1,188 | 204 | #663 | 345 |
| 2005 | #1,500 | 139 | #733 | 276 |
| 2004 | #1,769 | 108 | #805 | 223 |
| 2003 | #1,832 | 101 | #897 | 187 |
| 2002 | #1,887 | 94 | #1,008 | 154 |
| 2001 | #2,288 | 70 | #1,100 | 129 |
| 2000 | #2,332 | 66 | #1,334 | 96 |
| 1999 | #2,935 | 45 | #1,227 | 102 |
| 1998 | #2,889 | 45 | #1,536 | 70 |
| 1997 | #3,448 | 33 | #1,773 | 54 |
| 1996 | #3,723 | 29 | #1,958 | 45 |
| 1995 | #3,585 | 30 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1994 | #4,376 | 23 | #2,259 | 35 |
| 1993 | #4,998 | 19 | #3,368 | 19 |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | #5,165 | 9 |
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| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #6,089 | 6 |
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| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
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| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | — | |
| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1978
The first year at least five boys were named Kamari! It came in at #5,059, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1979–1986, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kamari 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#117 · 1 in 401
- Alabama#157 · 1 in 598
- Delaware#168 · 1 in 491
- Maryland#214 · 1 in 848
- Tennessee#222 · 1 in 919
Best ever in a state: #53 in Mississippi, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #117 | 27 | 1 in 401 |
| Alabama | #157 | 36 | 1 in 598 |
| Delaware | #168 | 6 | 1 in 491 |
| Maryland | #214 | 27 | 1 in 848 |
| Tennessee | #222 | 40 | 1 in 919 |
| Georgia | #227 | 54 | 1 in 930 |
| North Carolina | #245 | 51 | 1 in 1,009 |
| Florida | #307 | 63 | 1 in 1,516 |
| South Carolina | #311 | 17 | 1 in 1,247 |
| Virginia | #316 | 26 | 1 in 1,433 |
| Pennsylvania | #318 | 35 | 1 in 1,493 |
| Louisiana | #337 | 15 | 1 in 1,275 |
| Michigan | #345 | 25 | 1 in 1,608 |
| Missouri | #368 | 17 | 1 in 1,636 |
| Wisconsin | #374 | 14 | 1 in 1,674 |
| Illinois | #375 | 28 | 1 in 1,770 |
| Connecticut | #382 | 7 | 1 in 1,887 |
| Ohio | #395 | 27 | 1 in 1,946 |
| Iowa | #399 | 8 | 1 in 1,729 |
| Kentucky | #422 | 11 | 1 in 1,867 |
| New York | #434 | 39 | 1 in 2,165 |
| Texas | #435 | 77 | 1 in 2,273 |
| Minnesota | #477 | 11 | 1 in 2,227 |
| New Jersey | #488 | 15 | 1 in 2,651 |
| Arkansas | #489 | 6 | 1 in 2,098 |
| Arizona | #491 | 14 | 1 in 2,337 |
| Colorado | #501 | 11 | 1 in 2,441 |
| Oklahoma | #504 | 8 | 1 in 2,210 |
| Indiana | #512 | 13 | 1 in 2,436 |
| Nevada | #516 | 5 | 1 in 2,259 |
| Washington | #576 | 12 | 1 in 2,733 |
| California | #807 | 30 | 1 in 5,849 |
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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 Kamari
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 8 spots since 2020 (#383 → #391)
- 295 spots since 2015 (#686 → #391)
- Biggest jump: 111 spots in 2003
- Biggest drop: 122 spots in 2013
Rise & fade · boys
45 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 2023 at #366 (886 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 23 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 2003–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,931
- Highest: 1 in 1,931 boys born in 2023 were named Kamari (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,106 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 40.2% of all boys named Kamari (5,037) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1996
- Mostly girls until 1995, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 | #5,059 (1978) | #5,059 |
| 1980s | 20 | #5,165 (1989) | #5,856 |
| 1990s | 368 | #1,227 (1999) | #3,046 |
| 2000s | 2,819 | #532 (2009) | #821 |
| 2010s | 4,295 | #464 (2019) | #616 |
| 2020s | 5,037 | #366 (2023) | #381 |
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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