Dakari

What Dakari means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Dakari yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1974, with 6 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Dakari?

US: Rising: up from #1468 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2020, when 396 boys got the name (#665 that year). First in the US records in 1974.

How common

• About 1 in 5,790 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 54,387 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AR (0.72 per 1,000 boys), MS (0.65 per 1,000 boys), MD (0.61 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Dakari is #837 in the US and #3684 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.0% of US babies named Dakari were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Dekari37 US
• Takari34 US
• Dakarai30 US
• Dacari30 US
• Dakarri13 US
• Daecari7 US
• Tacari6 US
• Dacarri5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Dakari

Boys

• Luka#85Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #85 vs #261 in 2025
• Ezekiel#61“God strengthens”^*
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*
• Amir#105“commander, prince”^*
• Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*

For a sister

• Kailani#253“sea + sky”^*
• Maeve#76“intoxicating”^*
• Luna#27“the moon”^*
• Alani#161Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #529 in 2015, #161 in 2025
• Josephine#53Feminine form of Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Leilani#60Hawaiian, meaning “a lei; a child + heavenly, royal”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Dakari’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.