Jamari

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 511 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
511
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#576
down from #560
UK popularity
#2952
7 babies

How Jamari has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#463#548#633201520202025#576

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#546
2016#574
2017#560
2018#567
2019#564
2020#584
2021#575
2022#512
2023#566
2024#560
2025#576

Jamari by the numbers

In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Jamari. In the US, 511 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 772 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Jamari

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 Jamari. 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)
  • Jakari189 in the US (2017)
  • Jamar162 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jamari

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

Names about as common as Jamari

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