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Imari

#5,468 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Imari has been given to 3,451 babies in the U.S. since 1985. In 2025 it ranked #5,468 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2003, with 124 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 69% girls, 31% boys all-time.

Babies named Imari, 2025

1 in 144,000

Imari over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Imari over time

In 2025, Imari went to 49% girls and 51% boys.

19692025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Imari: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Imari means

Imari is a given name.

The naming story behind Imari

Wikidata records Imari as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q123484474, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,365 girls were recorded with the name Imari between 1985 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 124 in 2003; its best national rank was #1,543 in 2000.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,205 in 2020 to #5,468 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,903 in 2015 to #5,468 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,086 boys were recorded with the name Imari between 1969 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 50 in 2020; its best national rank was #2,075 in 1974.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,565 in 2020 to #4,309 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,539 in 2015 to #4,309 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Imari?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 144,000
23 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 69,900
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#5,468
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
99,910 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Imari sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 99,910 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Imari. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Imaris were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Imari was born before 2002 — so the typical Imari is around 23 today.

Median birth year
2002
About 23 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
41.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
56.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,365
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 41.6% of all recorded uses (983).

Is Imari rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+42
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,263
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+435
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.05×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
18.5%
Peak was 2003 (124)
Years since peak
22
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
24.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,543
2000

Spellings of Imari

Imari is not the most common spelling — Mary is, with 73.1% against Imari's 0.04%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Imari is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Imari was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 115,196 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 50,000
  2. 2Georgia1 in 50,000
  3. 3Louisiana1 in 50,000
  4. 4California1 in 100,000
  5. 5Illinois1 in 100,000
  6. 6Michigan1 in 100,000
  7. 7North Carolina1 in 100,000
  8. 8New York1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Imari has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Imari is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Imari was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 681,466 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Georgia1 in —
  4. 4Illinois1 in —
  5. 5Michigan1 in —
  6. 6North Carolina1 in —
  7. 7New York1 in —
  8. 8Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Imari has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Imari around the world

Where Imari ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2002–2016
    #5,785
    in 2016
  • South Australia
    2002–2003
    #739
    in 2003

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Imari

People whose public names include Imari, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Imari by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,468
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,263
Best rank ever
#1,543
2000
Peak year
2003
124 that year
First recorded
1985
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,365
Count in 2025
23

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,309
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,744
Best rank ever
#2,075
1974
Peak year
2020
50 that year
First recorded
1969
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,086
Count in 2025
24

Names similar to Imari

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Imari

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Imari, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Imari

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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