Jakari

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 189 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
189
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#613
up from #646
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

How Jakari has moved

US popularity rank, 2019–2025. Lower is more popular.
#538#762#985201920222025#613

View as table
YearUS rank
2019#910
2020#880
2021#814
2022#709
2023#679
2024#646
2025#613

Jakari by the numbers

Jakari was given to 189 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Jakari

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 Jakari. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Jabaribrave, fierce, valiant221 in the US (2017)
  • Jaharijewel, treasure87 in the US (2017)
  • Jazariisland dweller; from jazira14 in the US (2017)
  • Jafarismall stream9 in the US (2017)
  • Jamari511 in the US (2017)
  • Jakai133 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jakari

Names that are said the same way as Jakari, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Jakari

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