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Omari

#687 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning uncertain in the cited reference

Omari has been given to 13,557 babies in the U.S. since 1971. In 2025 it ranked #687 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 618 recorded.

Babies named Omari, 2025

1 in 8,350

Omari over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Omari: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning uncertain in the cited reference

Arabic

What Omari means

Omari is a given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Borrowed from Arabic عمري. The surname is predominantly found in Tanzania.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Omari (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Omari is used in English. Its origins include Arabic.

Omari comes through Arabic عمري.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 13,158 boys were recorded with the name Omari between 1971 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 618 in 2018; its best national rank was #472 in 2018.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #500 in 2020 to #687 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #508 in 2015 to #687 in 2025.

In the United States, 399 girls were recorded with the name Omari between 1979 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 22 in 2005; its best national rank was #5,738 in 2005.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,564 in 2020 to #12,844 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,892 in 2015 to #12,844 in 2025.

How common is Omari?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 8,350
397 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 4,300
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#687
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
5,789 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Omari 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 1001%
School of 5006%

Put another way: gather 5,789 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Omari. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Omaris were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Omari was born before 2013 — so the typical Omari is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
35.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
82.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
13,158
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 35.3% of all recorded uses (4,645).

Is Omari 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
−74
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−187
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−179
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.70×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
64.2%
Peak was 2018 (618)
Years since peak
7
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#472
2018

Spellings of Omari

Omari is not the most common spelling — Mark is, with 69.5% against Omari's 0.67%.

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 Omari is used

Across 2016–2025, Omari was most concentrated in Delaware — about 1 in 962 boys, against 1 in 2,795 across all states with data. It was least common in Oregon (1 in 16,667).

6104 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Delaware1 in 962
  2. 2Mississippi1 in 1,064
  3. 3Georgia1 in 1,351
  4. 4South Carolina1 in 1,515
  5. 5District of Columbia1 in 1,667
  6. 6Louisiana1 in 1,667
  7. 7Maryland1 in 1,754
  8. 8New Jersey1 in 1,887

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, Omari is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 59% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Omari around the world

Where Omari 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
    1996–2025
    #668
    in 2025
  • France
    2021–2025
    #4,624
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1995–2024
    #2,550
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2010–2010
    #754
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Omari

People whose public names include Omari, 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.

Omari by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#687
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 187
Best rank ever
#472
2018
Peak year
2018
618 that year
First recorded
1971
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
13,158
Count in 2025
397

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#12,844
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 6,280
Best rank ever
#5,738
2005
Peak year
2005
22 that year
First recorded
1979
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
399
Count in 2025
7

Names similar to Omari

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

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Names with a curve like Omari

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

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Sibling names for Omari

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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