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Kamari

#391 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Kamari has been given to 18,390 babies in the U.S. since 1978. In 2025 it ranked #391 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 886 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 68% boys, 32% girls all-time.

Babies named Kamari, 2025

1 in 4,090

Kamari over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02505007501K18801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Kamari over time

In 2025, Kamari went to 20% girls and 80% boys.

19782025

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.

Kamari: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kamari means

Kamari is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Kamari is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 12,545 boys were recorded with the name Kamari between 1978 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 886 in 2022; its best national rank was #366 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #384 in 2020 to #391 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #686 in 2015 to #391 in 2025.

In the United States, 5,845 girls were recorded with the name Kamari between 1979 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 343 in 2023; its best national rank was #814 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #950 in 2020 to #1,142 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,458 in 2015 to #1,142 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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kamari?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 4,090
811 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 2,110
0.05% of boys
Rank, 2025
#391
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
2,835 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kamari sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 1002%
School of 50011%

Put another way: gather 2,835 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kamari. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kamaris were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kamari was born before 2017 — so the typical Kamari is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
40.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
96.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
12,545
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 40.2% of all recorded uses (5,037).

Is Kamari 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
−2
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−7
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+295
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.21×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
91.5%
Peak was 2022 (886)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#366
2023

Spellings of Kamari

Kamari is not the most common spelling — Lamar is, with 13.6% against Kamari's 5.0%.

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 Kamari is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Kamari was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 465 boys, against 1 in 2,151 across all states with data. It was least common in Kansas (1 in 11,111).

9215 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 465
  2. 2Alabama1 in 781
  3. 3Maryland1 in 806
  4. 4Delaware1 in 855
  5. 5North Carolina1 in 990
  6. 6Georgia1 in 1,000
  7. 7South Carolina1 in 1,020
  8. 8Louisiana1 in 1,220

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.

Geographically, Kamari is one of the more regionally concentrated names in the country — more concentrated than 85% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Kamari is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Kamari was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 917 girls, against 1 in 5,075 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in 50,000).

2109 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 917
  2. 2Louisiana1 in 1,149
  3. 3Alabama1 in 1,724
  4. 4South Carolina1 in 1,961
  5. 5Georgia1 in 2,222
  6. 6Tennessee1 in 2,326
  7. 7Arkansas1 in 2,381
  8. 8Ohio1 in 2,632

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.

Kamari around the world

Where Kamari 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
    2001–2025
    #953
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2014–2024
    #1,105
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Kamari by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#391
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 7
Best rank ever
#366
2023
Peak year
2022
886 that year
First recorded
1978
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
12,545
Count in 2025
811

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,142
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 192
Best rank ever
#814
2023
Peak year
2023
343 that year
First recorded
1979
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,845
Count in 2025
203

Names similar to Kamari

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

KamdenKamronKamrynKamrenKamdynJamariJabariKamranKameronOmariDamariJakariKamalDakariKamrinKamilJacariDemariKamarKamaniZakariAmariKhariKamarion

Names with a curve like Kamari

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

SantinoZaireKianMakaiJamirJasiahSorenRhysMemphisLeandroKylanZain

Sibling names for Kamari

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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