girls:
860 births since 1991
#4856 (15th percentile)
boys:
14.2k births since 1979
#982 (79th percentile)
overall:
15k births since 1979
#2136 (72nd percentile)
The name Jamari is the #2,136 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 15,046 recorded births since 1979. This represents the 72.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 72.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #982 (78.6% percentile) for all time with 14,186 births since 1979. For girls, it ranks #4,856 (15.0% percentile) for all time with 860 births since 1991.
Jamari first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1979 (1979 for boys and 1991 for girls).
The name Jamari has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 94.5% of babies named Jamari were boys.
For boys, Jamari reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 59.4% percentile (ranked #358) with 361 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 361 births per million (ranked 59.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Jamari ranks #490 for boys (46.3% percentile) with 280 births per million, which is 77.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Jamari reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 5.0% percentile (ranked #938) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 26 births per million (ranked 5.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jamari ranks #922 for girls (2.6% percentile) with 17 births per million, which is 67.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jamari".
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