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Amari

Gender
Unisex
Say it
a-MAR-ee
UK rank, 2025
#254 for boys
US rank, 2025
#185 for boys

Amari is a name. In 2025 it ranked 254th for boys in the UK (207 babies) and 185th for boys in the US (2,000 babies).

Where does Amari come from?

Root uncertain

More on Wiktionary.

Is Amari a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Amari has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 68 girls and 207 boys in the UK and 804 girls and 2,000 boys in the US.

How popular is Amari in the UK?

Rank in 2025
254th among boys
Babies in 2025
207 about 1 in 1,400 boys
Five-year trend
Rising up 76% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 207 boys in the UK were named Amari, making it the 254th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 327th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 226 boys. 68 girls were also named Amari in 2025 (622nd for girls).

Half of all the boys named Amari in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 25% of the babies named Amari in the UK were girls.

Among boys in 2025, it was 241st in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 226 in 20232025
Amari in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025207#254
2024212#251
2023226#238
2022184#284
2021167#315
2020155#327
2019120#407
201891#490
201797#474
201688#510
201573#578
201481#536
201386#497
201283#511
201176#524
201067#569
200969#547
200858#616
200750#648
200652#614
200538#742
200433#763
200333#720
200229#733
200121#871
20008#1,637
19999#1,451
199811#1,259
19977#1,678
19966#1,840

How popular is Amari in the US?

Rank in 2025
185th among boys
Babies in 2025
2,000 about 1 in 850 boys
Five-year trend
Rising up 41% in five years
Same name in a class
1.6% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 2,000 boys in the US were named Amari, making it the 185th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 217th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 2,422 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974. 804 girls were also named Amari in 2025 (380th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Amari in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 1990, 56% of the babies named Amari in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 29%, with more boys than girls since 2005.

1974Busiest: 2,422 in 20232025
Amari in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20252,000#185
20242,164#172
20232,422#151
20222,179#174
20211,920#200
20201,742#217
20191,596#239
20181,323#269
20171,323#275
20161,363#269
20151,366#267
2014985#338
2013955#337
20121,075#308
20111,056#306
20101,005#318
20091,088#299
2008951#343
2007879#360
2006684#419
2005666#410
2004638#407
2003613#419
2002505#472
2001300#631
2000260#681
1999230#713
1998251#679
1997149#912
199685#1,290
199544#1,909
199443#1,922
199322#3,036
199221#3,099
199118#3,319
199014#3,965
19897#6,222
198812#3,910
19870–
19867#5,327
198510#4,047
19840–
19830–
19820–
19816#5,466
19806#5,523
19790–
19780–
19770–
19760–
19755#5,462
19746#4,632

Names like Amari

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Abdullah, Bodhi, Muhammad, Ibrahim, Ayaan, Yahya, Musa, Mustafa, Zakariya, Amir, Arham, River

Other spellings of Amari

Amaari, Amarii, Amaree, Amarie, Aamari, Amarri, Amahri

Names related to Amari

Amara, Amirah, Amar, Ammar, Omari, Amarah, Amayra, Amaira, Amiri, Amariah

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Amari: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amari, updated 20 October 2026.