girls:
2.3k births since 1985
#3590 (37th percentile)
boys:
1k births since 1969
#3561 (22nd percentile)
overall:
3.4k births since 1969
#4720 (39th percentile)
The name Imari is the #4,720 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,352 recorded births since 1969. This represents the 39.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 39.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,590 (37.2% percentile) for all time with 2,318 births since 1985. For boys, it ranks #3,561 (22.3% percentile) for all time with 1,034 births since 1969.
Imari first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1969 (1969 for boys and 1985 for girls). Birth data for Imari is available in 48 out of the 55 years between 1969 and 2023 (47 years for boys and 39 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 Imari has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (69.2% of all recorded births). In 2023, 38.0% of babies named Imari were girls.
For girls, Imari reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 13.1% percentile (ranked #788) with 62 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 62 births per million (ranked 13.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Imari ranks #933 for girls (1.5% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 17.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Imari reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 5.0% percentile (ranked #856) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 27 births per million (ranked 5.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Imari ranks #885 for boys (2.9% percentile) with 17 births per million, which is 62.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Imari".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Imari. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 78.6% confident that Imari is pronounced as ih-MAH-ree, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ee-MAH-ree, at 21.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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