How rare is the name Jamari?

10,024 people in the United States have the first name Jamari, about 1 in 30,131. It ranks #2,460 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

JAMARI

#2,460

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,024
About
1 in 30,131
This common or more
79.9%
Who bears it

Of the 10,024 people named Jamari, 87.1% reported their origin as Black, 6.3% as two or more races and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 93.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jamari peaked in 2008, when 817 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19792025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
817
In 2025*
526 ▼36%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 16,134 babies have been given the name since 1979. 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.

Jamari by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #946. The largest share of babies named Jamari, 53.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#22,0518
1980s#8,727124
1990s#2,5091,113
2000s#9465,890
2010s#1,0325,775
2020s#1,1103,224
Generation X 1965–800.1%
Millennials 1981–964.2%
Generation Z 1997–1253.2%
2013 and later42.5%

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 Jamari is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jamari has been most common in Florida (3.7×), Georgia (3.7×), and South Carolina (2.8×), and least common in Connecticut (0.22×).

14,146 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.

Exactly as common as Jamari

1 other first name also has 10,024 people.

#2,460 Dirk · 10,024

Either side of Jamari

#2,459 Gracelyn · 10,027#2,460 Dirk · 10,024#2,462 Desirae · 10,017#2,463 Deven · 10,015

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jamari, most common first.

#2,258 Jamar · 11,527#11,948 Jamaria · 1,057#12,269 Jamario · 1,018#13,083 Jamarr · 933#14,807 Jamara · 789#15,099 Jahmari · 768#16,419 Jamauri · 687#17,700 Jamarie · 618

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