Mostly boys · peaked in 2023
Amari name popularity since 1925
53,282 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Amari (40.0% girls, 60.0% boys). Half of them were born in 2016 or earlier, so the typical Amari is about 10 years old in 2026. Amari peaked in 2023 as the #151 name for boys, and it ranked #185 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 53,282
- Named Amari, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #185
- for boys in 2025 (2,000 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 60.0% boys
- 21,288 girls · 31,994 boys
- Most popular in
- Nevada
- 2.33× its national share
Peak year is the year Amari made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Amari births per year, 1925–2025
2023 was the biggest year for Amari both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1997 and 2002, Amari became 3.3× more common, from 1 in 12,700 baby boys to 1 in 3,840.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Amari's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Amari.
Decade by decade
Babies named Amari in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 0 | 11 | #5,489 |
| 1980s | 61 | 48 | #4,057 |
| 1990s | 1,760 | 877 | #1,917 |
| 2000s | 6,628 | 6,584 | #410 |
| 2010s | 7,026 | 12,047 | #267 |
| 2020–25 | 5,813 | 12,427 | #185 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
60.6% of babies named Amari from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Amari is most popular
The index compares Amari's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Amari.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 2.33× | 431 |
| Georgia | 2.26× | 3,240 |
| Florida | 2.12× | 3,968 |
| Maryland | 2.07× | 1,636 |
| District of Columbia | 1.96× | 467 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Amari and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Amari (this page) | 31,994 | 2023 |
| Amiri | 3,306 | 2023 |
| Amauri | 2,136 | 2019 |
| Ahmari | 1,389 | 2022 |
| Amaree | 1,013 | 2010 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Amari's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Amari.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Amari (2023).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data