first name
AMARI
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 28,688 people named Amari, 71.4% reported their origin as Black, 11.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 11.5% as two or more races. 55.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Amari peaked in 2023, when 3,427 babies got the name.
At least 53,282 babies have been given the name since 1974. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Amari by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #206. The largest share of babies named Amari, 60.6%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Amari is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Amari has been most common in Nevada (2.5×), Florida (2.2×), and Georgia (2.2×), and least common in West Virginia (0.15×).
51,204 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Amari
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Amari, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Amari ranks #32,794 of 156,621, with 750 people. See Amari as a last name
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