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Shomari

#9,579 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Literal meaning not recorded; Swahili origin

Shomari has been given to 1,200 babies in the U.S. since 1973. In 2025 it ranked #9,579 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1992, with 55 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% boys, 6% girls all-time.

Babies named Shomari, 2025

1 in 414,000

Shomari over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Shomari went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19732025

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.

Shomari: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded; Swahili origin

Swahili

What Shomari means

Shomari is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Shomari is used in English. Its origins include Swahili.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,129 boys were recorded with the name Shomari between 1973 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 55 in 1992; its best national rank was #1,540 in 1977.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #11,812 in 2020 to #9,579 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,438 in 2015 to #9,579 in 2025.

In the United States, 71 girls were recorded with the name Shomari between 1992 and 2001. Its highest annual count was 44 in 1992; its best national rank was #2,765 in 1992.

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 Shomari?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 414,000
8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 213,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#9,579
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
287,238 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Shomari 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 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Shomari. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Shomaris were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Shomari was born before 1993 — so the typical Shomari is around 32 today.

Median birth year
1993
About 32 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
31.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
26.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,129
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1990s — 31.8% of all recorded uses (359).

Is Shomari 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
+1,181
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+2,233
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,141
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.73×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
14.5%
Peak was 1992 (55)
Years since peak
33
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
30.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,540
1977

Spellings of Shomari

Shomari is not the most common spelling — Omari is, with 45.8% against Shomari's 3.9%.

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 Shomari is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Shomari was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 196,394 across all states with data. It was least common in Michigan (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4Georgia1 in —
  5. 5Illinois1 in —
  6. 6Michigan1 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. Shomari has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Shomari is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Shomari was most concentrated in Michigan — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,353,890 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Michigan1 in —
  2. 2North Carolina1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

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. Shomari has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Shomari around the world

Where Shomari 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
    1997–2011
    #4,647
    in 2011
  • France
    2020–2020
    #5,984
    in 2020

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Shomari by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#9,579
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,233
Best rank ever
#1,540
1977
Peak year
1992
55 that year
First recorded
1973
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,129
Count in 2025
8

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,765
1992
Peak year
1992
44 that year
First recorded
1992
Last recorded
2001
All-time count
71
Count in 2025
Under 5

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

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Sibling names for Shomari

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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