How rare is the name Omari?

8,463 people in the United States have the first name Omari, about 1 in 35,688. It ranks #2,756 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

OMARI

#2,756

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,463
About
1 in 35,688
This common or more
80.8%
Who bears it

Of the 8,463 people named Omari, 82.2% reported their origin as Black, 8.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.9% as two or more races. 96.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Omari peaked in 2018, when 629 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19712025
Peak year
2018
Births that year
629
In 2025*
404 ▼36%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 13,557 babies have been given the name since 1971. 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.

Omari by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,120. The largest share of babies named Omari, 50.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#3,330416
1980s#2,883646
1990s#2,4301,174
2000s#1,4083,379
2010s#1,1764,777
2020s#1,1203,165
Generation X 1965–803.7%
Millennials 1981–969.2%
Generation Z 1997–1236.6%
2013 and later50.4%

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 Omari is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Omari has been most common in Georgia (3×), Florida (3×), and South Carolina (1.9×), and least common in Kentucky (0.16×).

11,359 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 Omari

1 other first name also has 8,463 people.

#2,756 Arron · 8,463

Either side of Omari

#2,755 Carmine · 8,464#2,756 Arron · 8,463#2,758 Robby · 8,454#2,759 Chaz · 8,449

Spelled almost the same

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

#444 Omar · 126,840#13,837 Omri · 864#22,430 Omara · 444#28,022 Omarr · 323#33,297 Omarie · 249#37,052 Omaria · 212#46,679 Omare · 142#49,014 Omary · 128

Also a last name

As a last name, Omari ranks #20,429 of 156,621, with 1,314 people. See Omari as a last name

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