girls:
214 births since 1996
#5502 (4th percentile)
boys:
1.7k births since 1977
#3004 (34th percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1977
#5851 (24th percentile)
The name Jahari is the #5,851 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,913 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 24.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 24.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,004 (34.5% percentile) for all time with 1,699 births since 1977. For girls, it ranks #5,502 (3.7% percentile) for all time with 214 births since 1996.
Jahari first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for boys and 1996 for girls). Birth data for Jahari is available in 34 out of the 47 years between 1977 and 2023 (34 years for boys and 23 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 Jahari has been given predominantly to boys, with 88.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 87.5% of babies named Jahari were boys.
For boys, Jahari reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 10.2% percentile (ranked #818) with 54 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 54 births per million (ranked 10.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Jahari is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #818 (10.2% percentile) with 54 births per million.
For girls, Jahari reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #926) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Jahari is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #938 (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jahari".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Jahari. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 86.5% confident that Jahari is pronounced as juh-HAH-ree, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is jah-HAH-ree, at 13.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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