Omari

What Omari means

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

Editor’s note Down from #508 in 2015 to #686 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Omari?

US: Falling: down from #508 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #856 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 605 boys got the name (#489 that year). First in the US records in 1971.

How common

• About 1 in 4,302 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 5,036 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 SC (0.75 per 1,000 boys), GA (0.62 per 1,000 boys), MS (0.55 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Omari is #686 in the US and #668 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.3% of US babies named Omari were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Amari2,000 US · 203 E&W
• Amiri472 US · 16 E&W
• Emari73 US · 3 E&W
• Amauri64 US
• Ahmari60 US
• Amaru57 US · 3 E&W
• Amarii39 US · 3 E&W
• Imari24 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 Omari

Boys

• Zaid#675Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1969, with 5 babies
• Rayan#588Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #178 vs #588 in 2025
• Zahir#738Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 7 babies
• Ibrahim#351Editor’s note Up from #436 in 2015 to #351 in 2025 in the US
• Zayd#632Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #181 vs #632 in 2025
• Laith#893Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #254 vs #893 in 2025

For a sister

• Leyla#611Editor’s note Up from #782 in 2015 to #611 in 2025 in the US
• Leila#259Editor’s note Steady in the US: #247 in 2015 and #259 in 2025
• Layla#36Editor’s note Down from #30 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US
• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Sariyah#624“a cloud that comes by night”^*
• Lylah#584Editor’s note Up from #629 in 2015 to #584 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Arabic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Omari’s. Rank is US 2025.