girls:
387 births since 1979
#5329 (7th percentile)
boys:
12.3k births since 1971
#1041 (77th percentile)
overall:
12.7k births since 1971
#2338 (70th percentile)
The name Omari is the #2,338 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 12,678 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 69.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 69.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,041 (77.3% percentile) for all time with 12,291 births since 1971. For girls, it ranks #5,329 (6.7% percentile) for all time with 387 births since 1979.
Omari first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (1971 for boys and 1979 for girls).
The name Omari has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.9% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Omari reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 52.1% percentile (ranked #438) with 318 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 323 births per million (ranked 52.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Omari ranks #498 for boys (45.4% percentile) with 270 births per million, which is 83.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Omari reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #922) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Omari ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 42.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Omari".
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