girls:
19.4k births since 1980
#1053 (82nd percentile)
boys:
27.8k births since 1974
#686 (85th percentile)
overall:
47.2k births since 1974
#1121 (86th percentile)
The name Amari is the #1,121 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 47,188 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 85.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 85.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #686 (85.0% percentile) for all time with 27,794 births since 1974. For girls, it ranks #1,053 (81.6% percentile) for all time with 19,394 births since 1980.
Amari first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (1974 for boys and 1980 for girls). Birth data for Amari is available in 44 out of the 50 years between 1974 and 2023 (42 years for boys and 41 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Amari has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (58.9% of all recorded births). In 2023, 70.7% of babies named Amari were boys.
For boys, Amari reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 83.8% percentile (ranked #148) with 1,316 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 1,316 births per million (ranked 83.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1985, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Amari is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #148 (83.8% percentile) with 1,316 births per million.
For girls, Amari reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 69.5% percentile (ranked #290) with 570 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 570 births per million (ranked 69.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Amari is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #290 (69.5% percentile) with 570 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Amari".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Amari. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 59.2% confident that Amari is pronounced as uh-MAH-ree, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-MEH-ree, at 18.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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