Jakari

What Jakari means

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

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,297 in 2015, #612 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Jakari?

US: Rising: up from #1297 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 462 boys got the name (#612 that year). First in the US records in 1979.

How common

• About 1 in 3,697 baby boys in the US 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 MS (1.38 per 1,000 boys), SC (1.09 per 1,000 boys), AR (0.87 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Jakari is #612 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.9% of US babies named Jakari were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Jacari100 US
• Jahkari79 US
• Jakarri34 US
• Jacarri25 US
• Jakyri22 US
• Jakarii19 US
• Jakori16 US
• Jacori13 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 Jakari

Boys

• Cyrus#268Editor’s note Up from #469 in 2015 to #268 in 2025 in the US
• Luka#85Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #85 vs #261 in 2025
• Jett#169Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #169 vs #452 in 2025
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Emiliano#94Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #94 vs #1,359 in 2025
• Kai#93“warrior”^*

For a sister

• Maeve#76“intoxicating”^*
• Sage#160“sedge”^*
• Amira#132“princess”^*
• Alani#161Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #529 in 2015, #161 in 2025
• Leilani#60Hawaiian, meaning “a lei; a child + heavenly, royal”^*
• Georgia#99“farmer”^*

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 Jakari’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.