Amari
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 2,058 babies a year in the US.
How Amari has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #267 |
| 2016 | #269 |
| 2017 | #275 |
| 2018 | #269 |
| 2019 | #239 |
| 2020 | #217 |
| 2021 | #199 |
| 2022 | #174 |
| 2023 | #151 |
| 2024 | #172 |
| 2025 | #185 |
Amari by the numbers
In 2025, 203 babies in England and Wales were named Amari. In the US, 2,058 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 1,365 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Amari
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Amari. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Amaniwishes, aspirations436 in the US (2017)
- Amarlong-lived or immortal55 in England and Wales (2025)
- Azarigod has helped; a form of Azariah21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Akarilight or brilliance42 in England and Wales (2025)
- Amiriprince, ruler16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Amadirejoice in me9 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Amari
Names that are said the same way as Amari, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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