Omari

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #686 for boys in 2025, 397 births
Given to boys 97.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
2018 · 618 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
13,158
since 1971

Omari over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Omari has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020peak #471, 2018boys
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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#11,9327#686397
2024#15,2935#613465
2023#11,1698#579496
2022#9,05611#536555
2021#8,02413#489605
2020#6,32518#499585
2019#7,02516#479612
2018#9,15111#471618
2017#8,77612#510570
2016#8,87512#532553
2015#7,61315#508567
2014#7,63615#708341
2013#9,03612#733318
2012#8,20814#710334
2011#9,15012#642364
2010#8,70113#655368
2009#13,7047#604428
2008#6,79919#548479
2007#8,09815#645376
2006#8,71513#715302
2005#5,60022#664322
2004#5,96920#570399
2003#7,20715#622332
2002#6,39217#699256
2001#7,31714#936166
2000#8,53411#924166
1999#14,4115#940155
1998#14,1225#847172
1997#9,8028#981132
1996#8,8129#1,112107
1995#13,3865#1,17297
1994#8,12210#1,075108
1993#13,4425#1,23884
1992—#1,21086
1991—#1,13993
1990—#1,11193
1989—#1,37464
1988—#1,24967
1987—#1,29557
1986—#1,19963
1985—#1,29055
1984—#1,22856
1983—#1,31450
1982—#1,11567
1981—#1,04476
1980—#93891
1979#10,2105#1,16960
1978—#99675
1977—#99874
1976—#1,22550
1975—#1,20849
1974—#1,21547
1973—#1,40036
1972—#2,65913
1971—#3,9637
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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five boys were named Omari! It came in at #3,963, and was given to 7 baby boys.


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

Where Omari is popular in 2020

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedNHWashington: #700 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,146 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedMNIllinois: #642 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 3,903 boysILWisconsin: #391 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,842 boysWIMichigan: #530 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,848 boysMINew York: #442 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 2,504 boysNYMassachusetts: #621 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,474 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedORNevada: #494 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,373 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedIAIndiana: #524 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,705 boysINOhio: #452 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 2,369 boysOHPennsylvania: #312 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 1,500 boysPANew Jersey: #281 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,311 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #804 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 6,538 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedUTColorado: #793 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,020 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedNEMissouri: #534 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,849 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedWVVirginia: #426 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,274 boysVAMaryland: #299 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,392 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedDEArizona: #557 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,906 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedNMKansas: #507 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,287 boysKSArkansas: #441 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,822 boysARTennessee: #450 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,272 boysTNNorth Carolina: #381 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,958 boysNCSouth Carolina: #281 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,177 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #213 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 699 boysDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #393 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,659 boysLAMississippi: #216 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 808 boysMSAlabama: #597 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,110 boysALGeorgia: #305 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 1,359 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Omari, so not publishedHITexas: #488 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 2,687 boysTXFlorida: #322 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 1,611 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. District of Columbia#213 · 1 in 699
  2. Mississippi#216 · 1 in 808
  3. South Carolina#281 · 1 in 1,177
  4. New Jersey#281 · 1 in 1,311
  5. Maryland#299 · 1 in 1,392

Best ever in a state: #116 in Delaware, 2018.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#21351 in 699
Mississippi#216151 in 808
New Jersey#281301 in 1,311
South Carolina#281171 in 1,177
Maryland#299181 in 1,392
Georgia#305371 in 1,359
Pennsylvania#312361 in 1,500
Florida#322561 in 1,611
North Carolina#381251 in 1,958
Wisconsin#391131 in 1,842
Louisiana#393131 in 1,659
Virginia#426171 in 2,274
Arkansas#44171 in 1,822
New York#442351 in 2,504
Tennessee#450151 in 2,272
Ohio#452231 in 2,369
Texas#488631 in 2,687
Nevada#49451 in 2,373
Kansas#50761 in 2,287
Indiana#524121 in 2,705
Michigan#530151 in 2,848
Missouri#534101 in 2,849
Arizona#557111 in 2,906
Alabama#59771 in 3,110
Massachusetts#62161 in 4,474
Illinois#642141 in 3,903
Washington#70081 in 4,146
Colorado#79351 in 5,020
California#804291 in 6,538
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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 Omari
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 73 spots since 2024 (#613 → #686)
  • 187 spots since 2020 (#499 → #686)
  • 178 spots since 2015 (#508 → #686)
  • Biggest jump: 237 spots in 2002 (#936 → #699)
  • Biggest drop: 173 spots in 1979 (#996 → #1,169)
Rise & fade · boys
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 2018 at #471 (618 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1997–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,892
  • Highest: 1 in 2,892 boys born in 2021 were named Omari (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,302 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #471 in 2018, was only 1 in 2,939 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 35.3% of all boys named Omari (4,645) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s411#996 (1978)#1,648
1980s646#938 (1980)#1,205
1990s1,127#847 (1998)#1,083
2000s3,226#548 (2008)#693
2010s4,645#471 (2018)#595
2020s3,103#489 (2021)#567

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.

Omari in 2020

girls
#6,325
18 births · 1 in 89,808 girls
boys
#499
585 births · 1 in 2,951 boys

Top girls' names in 2020

  1. #1Olivia17,691
  2. #2Emma15,723
  3. #3Ava13,201
  4. #4Sophia13,105
  5. #5Charlotte13,100
  6. #6Amelia12,802
  7. #7Isabella12,226
  8. #8Mia11,269
  9. #9Evelyn9,517
  10. #10Harper8,849
  11. #6,325Omari18

Top boys' names in 2020

  1. #1Liam19,865
  2. #2Noah18,464
  3. #3Oliver14,277
  4. #4Elijah13,238
  5. #5William12,676
  6. #6James12,390
  7. #7Benjamin12,264
  8. #8Lucas11,386
  9. #9Henry10,793
  10. #10Alexander10,268
  11. #499Omari585
More about 2020

girls

1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 89,808 of them was named Omari, which outranked 63.9% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Omari
  1. #6,083Zeplyn19
  2. #6,083Zuleyma19
  3. #6,083Zurii19
  4. #6,325Omari18
  5. #6,325Aamira18
  6. #6,325Adalyna18
  7. #6,325Addaline18
  8. #6,629Aairah17
  9. #6,629Abigaelle17
  10. #6,629Abiha17

Tied with 303 names at #6,325; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,492Avayah#2,428 → #936
  2. ↑ 950Denisse#1,802 → #852
  3. ↑ 818Jianna#1,668 → #850
  4. ↑ 609Capri#1,291 → #682
  5. ↑ 550Rosalia#1,287 → #737
Fallers
  1. ↓ 393Yaritza#813 → #1,206
  2. ↓ 271Seraphina#1,000 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 207Marissa#874 → #1,081
  4. ↓ 203Annabella#644 → #847
  5. ↓ 195Jayde#832 → #1,027

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

boys

1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 2,951 of them was named Omari, which outranked 96.5% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Omari
  1. #496Keegan592
  2. #497Lewis588
  3. #498Bruce587
  4. #499Omari585
  5. #499Augustus585
  6. #501Braylen582
  7. #502Armando580
  8. #502Enrique580

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

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 587Zyair#1,548 → #961
  2. ↑ 567Jaxtyn#1,152 → #585
  3. ↑ 539Jakobe#1,372 → #833
  4. ↑ 473Kylo#922 → #449
  5. ↑ 461Ander#1,085 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
  2. ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
  4. ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
  5. ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086

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

See the top 100 for 2020 →