Jamari

What Jamari means

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

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1979, with 8 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Jamari?

US: Steady: #546 in 2015, #576 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #3373 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2010, when 741 boys got the name (#386 that year). First in the US records in 1979.

How common

• About 1 in 3,356 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 38,848 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 MS (2.68 per 1,000 boys), DE (2.04 per 1,000 boys), AL (1.53 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Jamari is #576 in the US and #2952 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 96.8% of US babies named Jamari were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Jahmari115 US · 5 E&W
• Jamiri25 US
• Jamauri14 US
• Jamarri12 US
• Jamaree10 US
• Jamarii9 US
• Jomari7 US
• Jemari5 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 Jamari

Boys

• Malachi#134“my messenger”^*
• Aiden#62Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*
• Jayden#70Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #20 in 2015, #70 in 2025
• Elijah#7“Yahweh is my god”^*
• Jackson#36Editor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records
• Owen#31Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 2025

For a sister

• Lily#18Diminutive of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Isabella#7Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Natalia#144“birthday (of the Lord)”^*
• Maya#62Editor’s note Steady in the US: #68 in 2015 and #62 in 2025. About 1 in 430 US girls in the 2025 records

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