girls:
286 births since 1994
#5430 (5th percentile)
boys:
4.4k births since 1979
#1823 (60th percentile)
overall:
4.7k births since 1979
#3985 (49th percentile)
The name Jakari is the #3,985 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,704 recorded births since 1979. This represents the 48.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 48.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,823 (60.2% percentile) for all time with 4,418 births since 1979. For girls, it ranks #5,430 (5.0% percentile) for all time with 286 births since 1994.
Jakari first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1979 (1979 for boys and 1994 for girls). Birth data for Jakari is available in 41 out of the 45 years between 1979 and 2023 (41 years for boys and 30 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 Jakari has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 93.9% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Jakari reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 39.3% percentile (ranked #553) with 217 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 217 births per million (ranked 39.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Jakari is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #553 (39.3% percentile) with 217 births per million.
For girls, Jakari reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #927) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Jakari ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 61.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jakari".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Jakari. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 64.1% confident that Jakari is pronounced as juh-KAH-ree, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is jah-KAH-ree, at 23.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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