Bakari
Boy · ba-KAR-ee · Arabic
Bakari is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,728th for boys in the US (94 babies).
What does Bakari mean?
Arabic: Swahili form of Abu Bakr
Bakari is the Swahili form of Abu Bakr, the name of the first caliph after the Prophet Muhammad.
- Say it
- ba-KAR-ee
Is Bakari a girl's or a boy's name?
Bakari is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 94 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bakari in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,728among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 94about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 94 boys in the US were named Bakari, making it the 1,728th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,688th. It first appears in the records in 1973.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had the most boys named Bakari of any year since it first appeared, in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Bakari in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bakari in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94 | #1,728 |
| 2024 | 85 | #1,878 |
| 2023 | 57 | #2,386 |
| 2022 | 55 | #2,492 |
| 2021 | 52 | #2,522 |
| 2020 | 46 | #2,688 |
| 2019 | 41 | #2,941 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,188 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,005 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,719 |
| 2008 | 35 | #3,219 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,443 |
| 2004 | 31 | #3,154 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 35 | #2,681 |
| 2001 | 33 | #2,792 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,935 |
| 1998 | 47 | #2,009 |
| 1997 | 34 | #2,393 |
| 1996 | 38 | #2,178 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,050 |
| 1994 | 28 | #2,613 |
| 1993 | 31 | #2,393 |
| 1992 | 24 | #2,828 |
| 1991 | 38 | #1,977 |
| 1990 | 30 | #2,303 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,463 |
| 1988 | 21 | #2,677 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,464 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,612 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 22 | #2,268 |
| 1981 | 24 | #2,137 |
| 1980 | 22 | #2,284 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 33 | #1,652 |
| 1977 | 28 | #1,823 |
| 1976 | 28 | #1,780 |
| 1975 | 23 | #2,000 |
| 1974 | 20 | #2,129 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
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