girls:
1.4k births since 1990
#4355 (24th percentile)
boys:
644 births since 1998
#3943 (14th percentile)
overall:
2k births since 1990
#5762 (26th percentile)
The name Samari is the #5,762 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,015 recorded births since 1990. This represents the 25.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 25.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,355 (23.8% percentile) for all time with 1,371 births since 1990. For boys, it ranks #3,943 (14.0% percentile) for all time with 644 births since 1998.
Samari first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1990 (1990 for girls and 1998 for boys).
The name Samari has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (68.0% of all recorded births). In 2023, 72.8% of babies named Samari were girls.
For girls, Samari reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 8.9% percentile (ranked #899) with 44 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 44 births per million (ranked 8.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Samari ranks #885 for girls (6.6% percentile) with 38 births per million, which is 87.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Samari reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 5.3% percentile (ranked #802) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 24 births per million (ranked 5.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Samari ranks #891 for boys (2.2% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 57.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Samari".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Samari. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 69.4% confident that Samari is pronounced as suh-MAH-ree, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is sah-MAH-ree, at 16.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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